During a special meeting, the USD 415 Board of Education approved the resignation of Taylor Vaughn, the district’s 5th through 12th grade band director. Vaughn’s resignation will be effective at the end of the current school year. The board also hired Heather Villanueva as a fifth grade English language arts teacher and Kim Krauter as the high school dance instructor. In a previous meeting, the board approved the hiring of Ella Simon as a third grade teacher and Ashlynn Strauss as a Pre-K at-risk teacher.