The Fairfield High School board of education is set to meet this Thursday night at 6 in regular session at the FCHS Study Hall. Items on the board agenda include an update on the Gym Lobby Project. An executive session is scheduled for the annual evaluation of the district superintendent, and the consideration on hiring a part-time custodian and a full-time substitute teacher. The board is also expected to present a tentative date for the FCHS graduation and prom. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 3,981,275 cases of the coronavirus in the state, along with 35,814 total deaths since the pandemic began in early 2020. The county case numbers over a one-week period were not immediately available, however information from the Centers for Disease Control tracker showed Wayne County with two new hospitalizations during a one-week period ending this past Thursday. Wayne County was also reported to be at the medium transmission level for COVID-19. The Marion Count