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Board accepts retirements, releases closed minutes and appoints assistant principal at Palatine High

5819876 · July 18, 2025

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Summary

In closed‑session motions the board released minutes from several closed meetings, accepted multiple retirement notices with future effective dates and appointed Catherine Saul as assistant principal at Palatine High School effective July 21, 2025 at a prorated annual salary of $135,000.

The Township High School District 211 Board of Education approved several personnel actions and the release of closed session minutes during the meeting’s closed session motions. The board voted to release the closed session minutes for dates listed in the motion, specifying that the minutes no longer require confidential treatment. The dates read into the record were Dec. 12, 2024; Jan. 23, 2025; Feb. 20, 2025; March 20, 2025; and May 15, 2025. The board accepted retirement requests as presented: teacher retirement requests for Michael Hernan effective December 2029 and Jennifer Marshall effective May 2029; United Support Staff retirements for James Carlson effective December 2025 and Diane Dapka effective June 2027; and administrator retirements for Jennifer Beers and Fred Rasmussen effective June 2029. These ret irement dates were read into the record in accordance with applicable master contracts and benefit packages referenced in the agenda item. The board also approved an administrative appointment: effective July 21, 2025, Catherine Saul was appointed assistant principal at Palatine High School with an annual gross salary of $135,000, prorated to her start date. The appointment motion passed on roll call. The motions were recorded in the meeting’s closed session items and announced in open session motions as routine personnel actions; specific terms beyond the dates and the listed salary for the administrative appointment were not discussed on the public record.