THE FOLLOWING IS A VERMILION COUNTY REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION RELEASE. The Vermilion County Regional Office of Education has more than 50 new reasons to smile. Students supported by the ROE’s Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program (TAOEP) were challenged to incur zero unexcused absences in the first month of school. The incentive? A Royal Donut smiley cookie. Fifty-one students crushed the goal!