The Wayne County Board met for their monthly meeting last night at the Wayne County Courthouse. With only 1 dissenting vote, the board voted to reascend a
The Fairfield Rotary Club during their meeting on Thursday announced their scholarship recipients for the year. Lucy Britt, Sara McGehee, Callista Willett, and Tyler Koker were all named Fairfield Rotary Scholars. Britt will be going to Basic Training, coming back to play volleyball at Frontier, go for Advanced Training, and then continue on in education. McGehee will be studying Aviation and Airport Management. Willett will study to be a counselor, and Koker will be a Graphic Design Major and minor in Marketing in Business
The Fairfield Community High School Board of Education met Thursday night for their monthly meeting, In personnel matters: Accepted the resignation of Jane Best as Tennis Coach Hired Holden Sandiford as the new Tennis Coach. Hired Shawn Rush as Assistant Baseball Coach. Rehired Assistant Principal Bobby Wells for 1 year. Rehired Technology Director Marc Leighty for 1 year. The Personnel action took place after an Executive Session. The board set graduation for Saturday, May 13 at 5:00 pm. Approved the 2023-2024 School Calendar. Approved a motion to let fuel bids for FY24. In the Superintendents Report: Supt. Jill Fulkerson informed the board that parent/student surveys would be taking place in the near future. This week is FCCLA Week, with next week being FFA Week, including a full week of activities. Attendees heard from 4 of the 8 Illinois State Scholars regarding their future plans. Those scholars attending were Lucy Britt, Kate Book, Chloe Draper, and Sarah McGehee. Supt. Fulkerson
FCHS Fall Sports Awards The Mules held their team awards last night. The Mules volleyball team held their awards at the Journey Church. The Ceremony started with Volleyball head coach Chet Snyder thanking the crowd for coming. He then moved to some key milestones that the team hit this season. The team finished with a overall record of 33-6 the 2nd most wins in FCHS history, BDC champs for the fifth straight time, regional champions, Emerson Robbins set the school record in kills and Rylee Edwards set the school record in assists. As far as awards go here is how it went: Freshman most improved Libby Kline, Most Improved JV Lilly Gacek (Gay-sick), most improved varsity Kate Book, Defensive player of the year Lucy Britt, Team MVP Emmerson Robbins and Lady Mule Award Kaylie Barger. The Mules football team held their award ceremony at 7pm at the FCHS gym. Coach Townsend started by thanking everybody who played a role in this season. The mules handed out 9 awards and it started with the Mos