{"id":41923,"date":"2026-07-07T11:06:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=41923"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:06:52","slug":"st-elmo-school-board-acts-on-personnel-items-other-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/41923-st-elmo-school-board-acts-on-personnel-items-other-business\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Elmo School Board Acts on Personnel Items, Other Business"},"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 passed the amended budget for the current fiscal year. The Board also awarded insurance bids and bids for various commodities.<\/p>\n<p>In personnel moves, the Board approved retirement letters for Melissa Daugherty and Stacia Rose, effective June 30, 2029, and approved the 12-month employee services for the 2026-27 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Board members accepted resignations from Monica Wilhour as fulltime substitute teacher, from Christy Uptmor as paraprofessional, from Nick Reeder as high school basketball assistant coach, and from Lisa Beck as school bus driver.<\/p>\n<p>The Board hired Kori Machado as assistant high school volleyball coach, hired Autumn Peddycoart as an elementary teacher, hired Dylan Meek as high school history teacher, and hired Hailey Helton as a paraprofessional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Elmo school board members passed the amended budget for the current fiscal year. The Board also awarded insurance bids and bids for various commodities. 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