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Illini Central board approves three-year contract for Superintendent Durbin over parent objections
Summary
The Illini Central CUSD 189 Board approved a three-year contract for Superintendent Jennifer Durbin on March 19, 2026 by a 5-2 vote after receiving multiple emails and public comments expressing concern about the contract and prior staff-related investigations.
The Illini Central CUSD 189 Board of Education voted 5-2 on March 19 to approve a three-year contract for Superintendent Jennifer Durbin.
The motion, made by Dennis Hull and seconded by Chelsey Lemme, passed on a roll-call vote with Kent Renken and Brock Boyd voting no and Nancy Robertson, Amilee Bradshaw, Brian Hughes, Dennis Hull and Chelsey Lemme voting aye. Multiple written correspondences submitted to the board earlier in the meeting expressed concern about a three-year contract for the superintendent.
In public correspondence summarized by the board clerk, several parents and community members — including Caitlin Peterson, Thomas Twiggs, Ben Nannen and others — asked the board to reconsider a multi-year agreement. The board discussed the contract in open session and then considered personnel matters in closed session before returning to act on the superintendent agreement.
Superintendent Jennifer Durbin was present for the meeting; the board recorded the vote but did not read the full contract terms aloud in open session. The board also approved other personnel actions and building-level contracts that followed the superintendent vote.
The board scheduled its next regular meeting for April 16, 2026.
