{"id":36822,"date":"2026-04-30T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=36822"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:16:10","slug":"st-elmo-school-board-approves-personnel-items-work-on-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/uncategorized\/36822-st-elmo-school-board-approves-personnel-items-work-on-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Elmo School Board Approves Personnel Items, Work on Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>St. Elmo school board members approved membership in the IESA for the coming school year, approved the student fee for the coming fiscal year, and approved The Road Doctor to repair and sealcoat the elementary playground.<\/p>\n<p>The Board approved withdrawal from the Egyptian Area School Employee Benefit Trust.<\/p>\n<p>In personnel moves, the St. Elmo board approved the resignation of Madison Thompson as of the end of the school year, employed Melissa Rufus as high school English teacher, approved David Gottman as substitute custodian, and approved David Goldsborough as substitute bus driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Elmo school board members approved membership in the IESA for the coming school year, approved the student fee for the coming fiscal year, and approved The Road Doctor to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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