MT. VERNON — Mt. Vernon Township High School’s Board of Education will have two committee meetings tonight. The Finance Committee is set to meet at 4 p.m. at the campus while the Building Committee will meet at 5.

The committee meetings drew recent attention after interim MVTHS Superintendent Marilyn Holt told the media last week that only two board members would begin attending the committee meetings. This was decided in an effort to be more efficient, though the change would allow the district to avoid being subject to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. This would have eliminated the need to post public notices and/or agendas of committee meetings.

The district reversed course on Friday and all committee meetings will still be open to the public.