The Wayne City School Board met Thursday night and took up several items of business. The board approved raises and contract extensions for administrators, and approved the school calendar for the next year. The year will start for students on August 11th, with two full weeks off for Christmas break. The board rehired Bethany Reyling as a new elementary teacher and approved Misty Boyd to continue as the long-term substitute art teacher. It was also announced that several students would be representing the district for the Principal's Breakfast, including Zoey Conover and Cole Tucker representing the sixth grade, and Ellie Dickey and Nick Lambert representing the senior class. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 3,013,709 total cases of the coornavirus in Illinois as of this morning, along with 32,299 total deaths. The Marion County Health Department this week announced two more COVID-19 related deaths, a female in her 70s and a female in her 80s. Neither were vaccinat