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District Office Contact Information
510 W. Elm Street
Gillespie, Illinois 62033
Phone (217) 839-2464 Fax (217) 839-3353
Superintendent: Shane Owsley
District Office Staff
Freedom of Information Act officer is Superintendent Shane Owsley. Any FOIA Requests can be directed to Shane Owsley via email here or they can be mailed to 510 W. Elm Street, Gillespie, Illinois 62033 Attn Shane Owsley. Access to District Public Records
Board of Directors
Peyton Bernot (He/ Him/ His)
Board of Education Member
Peyton was initially elected to the Board of Education in 2011 while he was a senior at Gillespie High School and served until 2018. Peyton rejoined the board in 2023. He obtained his undergraduate degree in political science and graduate degree in public sector labor relations from the University of Illinois. Peyton was a former staffer for the Illinois General Assembly’s bipartisan committee, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, a former Human Rights Investigator and is currently the Grant Manager for the Rebuild Illinois Program in Springfield at the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Community Development, carrying out local public infrastructure improvements throughout the State.…
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