{"id":5186,"date":"2025-03-19T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:54:21","slug":"personnel-items-highlight-march-st-elmo-board-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/5186-personnel-items-highlight-march-st-elmo-board-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Items Highlight March St. Elmo Board Meeting"},"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>Personnel items highlighted the March meeting of the St. Elmo school board.<\/p>\n<p>The Board hired Casey Garrett as Special Education teacher for the coming school year, employed Laura Smith as English teacher for the coming school year, and employed Rachel Booher as junior high softball assistant coach for next school year. The Board also accepted the resignation of Shyann Evans, effective at the end of the current school year.<\/p>\n<p>St. Elmo board members also joined the IHSA for the coming school year, approved the annual South East Purchasing CoOp agreement, approved Allred&#8217;s Flooring Service to refinish the high school gym floor, and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Lake Land College to establish Laker Connect membership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personnel items highlighted the March meeting of the St. Elmo school board. 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