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East St. Louis SD 189 board approves resolution authorizing up to $32 million in general obligation school bonds and several personnel and discipline actions
Summary
The board approved Resolution 042126‑A to issue not‑to‑exceed $32 million in general obligation school bonds to increase the working cash fund and refund outstanding bonds; the meeting also approved notices of honorable dismissal for listed non‑certified staff, two student discipline placements (including one weapons violation), and the proposed 2026‑27 calendar.
The East St. Louis School District 189 Board of Education approved, by roll‑call vote on April 21, Resolution 042126‑A authorizing the issuance of not‑to‑exceed $32,000,000 in general obligation school bonds. The resolution states the purpose of increasing the district working cash fund and refunding certain outstanding bonds and authorizes a proposed sale of the bonds and the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay principal and interest.
The resolution was presented as an action item during the superintendent’s report and was included in a package of agenda items placed before the board. The board approved the package by roll call; the record shows the motion carried and the consent/action items were approved during the meeting.
As read by district staff, the meeting also included Resolutions 042126‑B through 042126‑E authorizing notice and statements of honorable dismissal for multiple non‑certified staff members listed during the reading: Rita McAfee (listed under one resolution), Angelique Red (listed under another), Latoria Sales (listed as read), and Danesha Williams. The board approved the personnel notices as part of the action‑item package.
The board further approved student discipline actions for two students identified in the record by numeric identifiers. The first student (ID 88917557) was ordered placed in a safe‑schools program for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and the entire 2026–27 school year; the second student (ID 88923012) with a weapons violation was ordered placed at Bush Alternative School for the remainder of the school year. The board’s action on discipline was reported as formal placements during the meeting; no student names were disclosed in the public record.
Other items approved in the package included the proposed 2026–27 school calendar, the financial report for March 2026, and personnel and committee reports as presented by staff.
The board announced upcoming regular meetings on May 20 and June 16, 2026 and then adjourned.
Vote and procedure notes: the items described above were presented together and approved by roll call. The public record in the meeting transcript shows the board moving and seconding the motions and then recording affirmative votes for the items presented; the transcript does not consistently attribute a single named mover for every listed item in the public reading, and the board’s roll‑call procedure produced affirmative votes recorded on the public record.
