Casey Westfield Community Unit School District 4C Board of Education met Jan. 26.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
Call to order at 7:00 P.M.
1) The Casey-Westfield Board of Education met in regular session at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, January 26, 2026 at the Unit Office, 401 E. Main, Casey, IL. Upon roll call, members present were Clement, Fain, Gelb, Fouty, Sharp, Huddlestun, and Todd. Members absent None. Administrators present were Kacie Rhoads, Jim Sullivan, Mike Shackelford, Audra Taylor, and Dalton McFarland.
2) The following visitors were recognized: None
3) Brian Bradbury of Kemper CPA Group presented the FY24 Annual Financial Report. Mr. Bradbury reported that the Casey-Westfield school district had a clean audit for fiscal year 2025. He reported that the District had no findings on its expenditures of federal funding during the year. Furthermore, the District maintained its financial “Recognition” status with a financial profile score of 3.55/4.0. This is a drop from last year’s score of 4.0/4.0. The lower score is the result of a change in the district’s long term debt profile due to the bond issue in FY25. “Recognition” is the highest profile status a district can earn.
4) Act upon approval of the following consent agenda items:
A. Minutes of the regular meeting of December 15, 2025
B. Review of the financial and budgetary reports and approval of the current invoices for payment; and
C. Destruction of the verbatim record of those meetings 18 months and older as authorized by Board Policy 220 and 220-E1.
D. To accept the audit report and approve the District’s FY25 AFR as presented by Kemper CPA Group, LLP
E. To approve the 2025-2026 certified faculty Seniority List.
Motion by Todd, seconded by Sharp to approve the items on the consent agenda.
Upon roll call, members voting yea were: Fouty, Todd, Sharp, Huddlestun, Clement, Fain, and Gelb. The President declared the motion carried.
5) Act upon the approval of an updated intergovernmental agreement with the City of Casey Police Department governing the school resource officer.
Motion by Sharp, seconded by Clement to approval of an updated intergovernmental agreement with the City of Casey Police Department governing the school resource officer.
Upon roll call, members voting yea were: Sharp, Huddlestun, Clement, Fain, Gelb, Fouty, and Todd. The President declared the motion carried.
6) Administrator Reports
Monroe Principal, Kacie Rhoads, reported that Monroe has experienced a smooth transition back from Christmas break. There are some events coming up in February, including a Soup-er Bowl Can Food Drive to support the local food pantry; the PTO will host a “Wicked” themed Daddy-Daughter Dance on February 21; and will host a Sports World speaker, Rushia Brown, from the WNBA. Second grade students will begin learning cursive writing this quarter, Mrs. Roseberry’s class is learning about the American Revolution, US Government, our Constitution, and the branches of government. Ms. Payton Kaiser, a student teacher from EIU, will be learning in Mrs. Keller’s room this semester.
Jr/Sr HS Principal, Jim Sullivan, reported that Mrs. Seaton’s ALA class is working on a themed unit focused on personal responsibility, education, and perseverance based on the movie Coach Carter. Mrs. Scott’s 7th graders are studying Europe and its contrasting governments and economic systems. Mrs. Taylor’s 8th graders are reading Holocaust literature and are currently in the midst of “The Diary of Anne Frank”. With the snow days he is working with Mr. High to put together a schedule to resume the 8th grade Boys Regional hosted at Monroe, and the LIC Boys tournament will resume on Wednesday evening in Robinson.
Superintendent Mike Shackelford informed Board members that the Illinois Association of School Boards- Wabash Valley Region Spring meetings will be held on March 17 at Monroe Elementary School. This professional development opportunity for Board members will offer breakout sessions in District “Hot Topic” discussions and a Board Presidents’ Roundtable. Registration is open. He received FOIA requests from the Illinois Retired Teachers’, CT Mills, Smartprocure, Owen Wang of the East Central News Reporter, and Judiciocracy.com. With the help of the CWEA Calendar committee, presented a draft of a potential 2026-2027 School Calendar. The final, official, 2026-27 calendar will be presented and approved by the Board in the February meeting.
7) Addendum
8) Act upon approval to adjourn to closed session under c1 (employment) and c21 (discussion closed meeting minutes) of section 5 ILCS 120/1 et seq. of the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
Motion by Fouty, seconded by Todd to adjourn to executive session.
Upon roll call, members voting yea were, Huddlestun, Clement, Fain, Gelb, Fouty, Todd and Sharp. The President called the motion carried at 7:31 pm.
9) Act upon approval to reconvene to regular session.
Motion by Clement, seconded by Gelb to return to regular session.
Upon roll call, members voting yea were: Fain, Gelb, Fouty, Todd, Sharp, Huddleston, and Clement. The President declared the motion carried at 7:42 pm.
10) Act upon the following consent agenda items:
A. Act upon approval of closed session minutes of December 16, 2024. B. Act upon recommendation to keep closed session minutes closed.
Motion by Todd, seconded by Sharp to approve the consent agenda items.
Upon roll call, members voting yea were: Fouty, Todd, Sharp, Huddlestun, Clement, Fain, and Gelb. The President declared the motion carried.
11) Act upon the approval of employment recommendations
The Board accepted resignations from Jeff Frichtnicht as Head Football coach, effective January 9, 2026; Geoffrey Clarkson as JH Special Education teacher, effective at the end of the 2025-26 school year.
The Board approved the employment of Myra Mitchell as a full time route bus driver for the remainder of the 2025-26 school year.
12) Addendum
13) Act upon approval to adjourn
Motion by Sharp, seconded by Fouty to adjourn the meeting. Upon roll call, members voting yea were: Todd, Sharp, Huddlestun, Clement, Fain, Gelb, and Fouty. The President called the motion carried at 7:44 pm
https://www.caseywestfield.org/documents/board-of-education/board-meeting-agendas-and-minutes/96511
