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Pecatonica board accepts resignation, hires former para as special-education teacher

Pecatonica Area School District Board of Education · August 17, 2026
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Summary

Board accepted the resignation of special-education teacher Amy Smith and unanimously approved hiring Amy Francis, a longtime special-education paraprofessional, as the new middle/high-school special-education teacher at a starting salary of $42,000.

The board accepted the resignation of Amy Smith, who served as a middle- and high-school special-education teacher. The board then approved a hiring recommendation to offer the middle/high-school special-education teacher position to Amy Francis, a long-time paraprofessional in the district, at a starting salary of $42,000.

Administrators said the hiring recommendation was unanimous from the interview team and that another open teacher search is ongoing; if a candidate is identified before the next meeting the board may need to call a special meeting to approve that hire.