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Board approves personnel recommendations including hires, resignations and retirements
Summary
The board approved a bundled set of personnel recommendations Nov. 19: multiple resignations and a termination, retirements with stated effective dates, classified hires with salaries and effective dates, stipends for extracurricular roles, leaves of absence and volunteer appointments.
The Jacksonville SD 117 board approved comprehensive personnel recommendations by motion on Nov. 19. The minutes list resignations (for example, Tracy Trowbridge, Special Education Teacher at Jacksonville Middle School, effective Sept. 17, 2025) and a termination (Erin Ellet, Special Education Paraprofessional, effective Nov. 6, 2025). The board recorded retirements including Lynn Riordan, school nurse at Jacksonville High School, effective Jan. 5, 2026, and others with end dates labeled in the minutes.
The board also approved multiple classified hires with stated hourly salaries (for example, Jeffrey Lyle, night custodian, salary $19.08, effective retroactively Oct. 29, 2025) and stipend appointments for extracurricular roles (examples include a Geography Bowl stipend of $861.62 and cheerleading stipend amounts). Several leaves of absence with date ranges were approved and a volunteer volleyball coach was accepted. Vote recorded on personnel matters: Wilson, Lonergan, Pool, Stewart, Leonard and Beard voted yea.
