Marshall Board Fills Girls Basketball Posts After Closed Session

Marshall Board of Education | August 13, 2026

Article Summary: Returning from an 11-minute closed session on personnel matters Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, the Marshall C.U.S.D. C-2 Board of Education approved Kai Engledow as junior high girls basketball coach and Justine Clark as junior varsity girls basketball coach for the 2026-27 school year, along with two volunteer coaches.

Marshall Coaching Appointments Key Points:

Kai Engledow approved as Junior High Girls Basketball coach for 2026-27.

Justine Clark approved as Junior Varsity Girls Basketball coach for 2026-27.

Jacob Shaffner approved as volunteer fifth- and sixth-grade boys basketball coach; Joey ORourke approved as volunteer high school golf coach.

Several personnel categories listed on the agenda — leaves, retirements, resignations and employment of licensed and support staff — produced no recorded motion.

MARSHALL — The Marshall C.U.S.D. C-2 Board of Education on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, approved four coaching appointments for the 2026-27 school year immediately after returning from a closed session on personnel matters.

Board member Hendrix moved to enter closed session, citing 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), which covers the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity. Board member Lycan seconded. The board went into closed session at 6:55 p.m. and returned to open session at 7:06 p.m. on a motion by Crews, seconded by Lycan, with all present voting aye.

No formal action can be taken in closed session under Illinois law; any action must be taken in open session after the board reconvenes. The board took four actions upon returning.

Macke moved to approve Kai Engledow as Junior High Girls Basketball coach for the 2026-27 school year, seconded by Gard. Gard then moved to approve Justine Clark as Junior Varsity Girls Basketball coach for the 2026-27 school year, seconded by Macke. Both motions carried on roll call.

Crews moved, with Macke seconding, to approve Jacob Shaffner as volunteer fifth- and sixth-grade boys basketball coach and Joey ORourke as volunteer high school golf coach for the 2026-27 school year. On a voice vote, the motion was approved 7-0. The agenda listed these two volunteer slots as “NS Boys Basketball” and “MHS Golf.”

Items Listed But Not Acted On

The agenda’s post-closed-session section listed four additional personnel categories: action to approve leave requests, retirements and resignations of professional educator licensed and educational support employees, and employment of professional educator licensed and educational support employees. The minutes record no motion, no vote and no discussion on any of those four items. Under this news organization’s practice, an agenda title alone does not establish that a body acted; the record shows only that the items were listed.

Attendance and Vote Record

Seven members were recorded present at the start of the meeting: Crews, Gard, Hendrix, Lycan, Morecraft, Macke and Maurer. Administrators Bagby, Bridgewater, Keown, Lake, Maxwell and Ritchey were present along with Superintendent Ross.

The roll calls taken on the closed-session motion and on the two coaching appointments each record six aye votes — Crews, Morecraft, Lycan, Maurer, Gard and Macke — and do not record a vote for Hendrix, who was recorded present and who offered the closed-session motion. The minutes record no absence, abstention or recusal. That inconsistency in the record is noted for editors below and should be confirmed with the district before any member’s vote on these items is characterized.

The board adjourned at 7:15 p.m. on a motion by Gard, seconded by Maurer, with all present voting aye.