Unit 40 Board Approves Phase One Facilities Plan

Effingham Unit 40 board members Monday agreed to move ahead with Phase One of a facilities plan.

Phase One would include a Grades K-2 building, as well as improvements to the main parking lot at Effingham High School and parking improvements at Central School. The method of funding the project is yet to be finalized. 

A prospectus presented by BLDD Architects included six phases of improvements, but Board members suggested proceeding with Phase One for now. The funding for Phase One is expected to include the county sales tax to appear on the November ballot. The funding for Phase One is to be revisited at the Board's September meeting.

Also Monday, the school board approved free student admission to regular season junior high and high school athletic events.

In personnel moves, the Unit 40 board employed Destyni Henrichs and Isabella Rogers as paraprofessionals; Mason Hull as junior high B team assistant coach; Taylor Brown as junior high mentor facilitator; and Kelsi Geltz as elementary teacher at Central beginning in January. Those transferred were Ashley Darden as three-hour cashier at the high school; Kylie West as teacher assistant at Little Hearts; and Kim Tegeler as second grade teacher at Central beginning in January. Resignations were accepted from Shannon Koester as two-hour cashier at the high school; Kelli Robertson as junior high cafeteria monitor; Abigail Hanna as special ed teacher at the high school; Megan Adkins as 5th grade girls basketball coach; and Abra Woomer as volunteer girls tennis coach. Terminated was Sandy Wieneke as a paymaster.