A good crowd attended Monday night's Taylorville School Board meeting at the Administration building on West Spresser.

The Taylorville board promoted Matt Hutchison from assistant principal to principal at Taylorville High School, at their meeting Monday night.  Hutchison replaces Bob Richardson, who is leaving the district after nearly 6 years as high school principal.  Hutchison has been part of Taylorville High School for many years in various roles.

In other assignment changes by the Taylorville School Board last night:

--Kelly McKee, who had been a full-time pre-school teacher at Stonington Elementary School, was re-assigned to half-time at Stonington and half-time at Washington Elementary School in Pana.

--Melinda Elliott, an itinerant elementary art teacher, had her assignment change to teaching art at Taylorville High School.

--and Alyssa Ulferts, a 3rd grade teacher at Stonington Elementary, will become a 5th grade teacher at Taylorville Junior High School.

The Taylorville School Board Monday night hired 2 new staff members:

--Shelley Graves as a 7th grade language arts teacher at Taylorville Junior High School;
--and Crystal Anderson as a freshman volleyball coach at Taylorville High School.

Resignations accepted Monday night included:

--Marcia Callan, a 5th grade teacher at Taylorville High School;
--and Jeffrey Grizzell (griz-ZELL), a chemistry and physical science teacher at Taylorville High School.  Both resignations are at the end of the 2015-16 school year.

2 requests for family leave were approved:

--Jennifer Cross at Memorial Elementary School, effective August 16th;
--and Joe Champley at Taylorville Junior High School, effective May 12th.

The Taylorville School Board also approved a resolution for termination of Lisa Cowell from the Memorial Elementary School cafeteria retroactive to April 23rd.