ABOVE: Picture from December of 2024 Danville District 118 School Board meeting, where Superintendent Dr. Alicia Geddis continued to be absent.
With the widely reported amount of over $800,000 circulating since Friday, in regard to Danville District 118’s settlement payment to outgoing superintendent Dr. Alicia Geddis; the question now is: WHAT’S NEXT?
It was back on April 18th that incoming 118 School Board member Toni Towne represented herself in legal proceedings against the current school board, seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the board from acting upon the terms of the approved settlement. She was told by judge Nicolas J. Boileau that her case “had several procedural deficiencies.”
Incoming District 118 School Board member Toni Towne addresses the board at a previous meeting.
But in speaking with CIMG on Saturday, Towne stated that there are still questions to be explored that the public would like to have answered; and that she will be meeting with an attorney this week about possibly moving forward.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: Part of the problem was there was some possible delinquencies in the open meetings act, when the board members did not even know what the amount of the settlement was that they were asked to vote on; and then to ultimately sign.
CIMG also spoke with incoming school board member Christopher Easton. He said it’s his hope that the new District 118 School Board will be able to get back to what should be their number one priority: doing their best for the students. The new District 118 Board will be seated at the May 7th meeting.
