Board adds new faces
Star Courier
Personnel matters first in closed session, then in open meeting occupied the Kewanee Dist. 229 board of education during its regular meeting on Tuesday at Petersen Auditorium at Kewanee High School.
The district made eight hires, accepted two resignations and approved one transfer.
All the votes were unanimous with the entire seven-member board in attendance.
The two resignations: Alexis Webster as track coach at Central Junior High and Chad Kelly as assistant wrestling coach at Kewanee High.
Three 21st Century student assistants were hired: Ryan Hansen and Paige Weida at Neponset and Keagan Anderson at Belle.
Dist. 229 board revises policies
Star Courier
As part of the District 229 board of education meeting of Tuesday, consideration and approval was given to 30 new and revised policies.
The measure was passed by a unanimous vote.
These were regulatory updates required by the Illinois State Board of Education, sometimes clarifying terms or correcting errors in the code. Most were administrative in nature.
However, there were some that had public-facing importance, such as instances when school districts are required to provide notices to parents or to the general public. Some even contain form letters and forms to expedite this process.
Here is a summary of those revisions.