Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
District officials reviewed a $17,197,527 CTE building budget and a slate of unfunded projects (auditorium, parking, athletic fields, cafeteria) and were presented three 20-year bond scenarios and the potential for a county school facility sales tax to cover work.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
The board adopted the agenda, approved Dec. 16, 2025 minutes, approved multiple consent items (including bid packages and alternates for the CTE building expansion) by roll call, and adjourned. Several motions were handled by honors/omnibus vote.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
Lincoln Middle School principal Quashanda Nicholson presented a 2026 improvement plan after a 2025 'intensive' designation, targeting chronic absenteeism reduction (51.5% to 45%) and raising top-quintile NWEA math and reading results with PBIS, added instructional minutes, and targeted interventions.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
A representative of Sigma Gamma Rho told the board the regional youth symposium and Operation Big Book Bag will be hosted in East St. Louis March 14, 2026, expects about 1,000 attendees, and asked to use the high-school big gym; the record shows earlier approval to use the high school but not an explicit board vote on the big-gym request.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
The East St. Louis School District 189 board approved the agenda and a multi-item consent package that included Resolution No. 121625 (amended charter renewal), a workers' compensation settlement, placement of five students in alternative settings, and the November financial and personnel reports.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
External auditors gave East St. Louis School District 189 an unmodified (clean) audit opinion for FY2025 while noting significant decreases in several operating funds and that the district's AFR triggered a state deficit reduction plan; auditors recommended monitoring and possible FY26 allocations.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
The East St. Louis School District 189 Board of Education unanimously approved an omnibus package of resolutions that included establishing an energy/indoor-air-quality policy, directing the 2025 tax levy, transferring property, ratifying a workers' compensation settlement and placing six students in alternative school for the remainder of the year.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
Board members honored students recognized by the NAACP, a teacher awarded the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, and noted a national facility award nomination for six new tennis courts at East St. Louis Senior High, citing grant support from state and USTA partners.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
The East St. Louis School District 189 board approved multiple consent items including a distributed energy resource agreement with Valtas that will pay the district $45,000 per year in demand capacity payments, waived facility fees for a youth symposium, and deferred two items to the November meeting because of missing information.
Illinois / School Boards / East St Louis SD 189
Marquise Wren, newly approved director of safety and security for East St. Louis School District 189, told the board he aims to prioritize training, intruder drills and building safety based on prior work in juvenile investigations and force-investigative units.