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Board approves wide personnel slate including hires, resignation, termination and leaves
Summary
Trustees approved multiple personnel items Feb. 19: resignation and retirement notices, a termination, several hires (including a special-education hire at BA/Step 4: $48,974), promotions, stipend awards and leaves of absence.
The Jacksonville School District #117 board approved a broad personnel slate during its Feb. 19 meeting, taking action on resignations, a termination, a retirement, new hires, promotions, stipends and leaves of absence.
The personnel report recorded the resignation of Amber McKeag, Athletic and Student Services Secretary at Jacksonville Middle School (effective Jan. 31, 2025); the termination of food-service employee Keota Shillings (effective Jan. 16, 2025); and the irrevocable retirement of Tod Castleberry, head custodian at South Elementary School, effective March 14, 2025. The board also approved hiring Chloe France‑Oestmann as a district Special Education Teacher for the 2025–26 school year at BA/Step 4 — $48,974 per year — contingent on required documentation and with an Aug. 13, 2025 start date. Additional classified hires, promotions (for example, Roxann Mibb promoted from bus monitor to bus driver with an hourly wage increase to $23.00, retroactive to Jan. 28, 2025), stipends and several leaves of absence were approved as listed in the minutes.
The motion to approve the personnel recommendations passed unanimously (Yea: Wilson, Lonergan, Stewart, Pool, Trace, Leonard, Beard). The meeting minutes list many individual items (hourly rates, stipend amounts and effective dates); board discussion was procedural and no separate roll-call dissent was recorded.
