Starting next school year, Danville District 118 school will have a fall break on the schedule.
On a unanimous vote, the school board approved the week after Columbus Day, October 15th through the 19th for the district-wide break. This will line up with the balanced school year at Northeast Elementary Magnet school.
The interim food service director for Danville District 118 schools is interim no more after the school board voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Sue Barnes to the position.
Barnes had been the interim director after previous director Greg Lazzell was suspended and then fired last September. Lazzell was charged with one count of theft of government property between ten and one-hundred thousand dollars, five counts of intimidation and one count of official misconduct after an investigation of his work at the schools.
Lazzell is scheduled to enter a plea agreement on those charges Friday.
Before moving to the interim post, Barnes had worked a few jobs with District 118, including many years as a food service secretary.
