PCHS Board Accepts Green's Resignation, Sets Special Meeting July 10

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The Pinckneyville Community High School Board of Education accepted Superintendent Jonathan Green's resignation at the regular meeting on Monday, June 25 and agreed to post the position.

A special meeting has been set for Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m., presumably to begin the search for his replacement.

Green begins work as Superintendent in the Millstadt Elementary School District on July 1.

Green said he will be around to help with construction of the new school if he is needed. The construction is going well and all is on schedule.

Crews have hauled in dirt to fill the hole where the basement of the old school was and will continue brick work on the east side next week.

The punch-out list for the academic wing is set to begin on July 18. Terrazzo tile will be installed in the cafetorium beginning July 2 with the punch-out list for that area to begin in five weeks. Punch-out on the renovations to Thomas Gymnasium will begin the third week of August.

Green said the district will begin moving furniture into the new school on Aug. 1. The 2012- 2013 school year begins Sept. 4.

In other business, the board:

heard from Green that the district stands to lose another $160,000 to $170,000 when state cuts to the education budget are approved. PCHS did not receive a $78,000 payment this year and will not recoup that funding either. Over the past several years, the district has lost nearly $700,000 in funding between declining enrollment and cuts from the state.

were notified that Band Director Stephen Cannedy's will retire in 2016.

were asked by Tri-County Special Education to host a Cooperative Reach Program to serve high school students who do not qualify for Special Education, but who are not well-served by the standard curriculum. A middle school Reach Program was started last year with great success. The board is interested, but needs to do additional research before agreeing.