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SCC considers reducing number of board members

ROCKWELL CITY — The South Central Calhoun School District is considering decreasing the number of school board members from seven to five, three years after the district was formed from two others.

Board members were set to discuss the plan at Monday night’s meeting, but Superintendent Jeff Kruse said the item has been tabled until next months’ meeting.

While no action has been taken yet, Kruse said the idea came about because two board members are expected to resign in the coming months.

The district has had seven board members since the Rockwell City-Lytton and Southern Cal school districts merged in 2014.

“When Rockwell City-Lytton and Southern Cal reorganized, part of the question is how many board members do you want,” Kruse said. “At the time we chose to have seven board members.”

The board is arranged in two director districts; three board members come from the north district, three come from the south district and there is one at-large member.

“We are going to probably have two resignations coming up within the next couple months,” Kruse said. “One from the north and one from the south.”

With those two likely resignations, Kruse said the board members have been discussing if they want to continue at seven members or if they want to reduce the members to five.

Under the new plan, the board would consist of two members from the north, two from the south and one at-large member.

“Beginning next fall, when the board has their election, we already know we have three seats up for election in 2017,” Kruse said. “If they kept it at seven, five seats would be up for election then.”

But just because the board approves the plan doesn’t mean it would actually happen. Kruse said if the board goes ahead with the plan, it would then be put to a referendum for the public to vote on.

Kruse added that next month, the board is expected to have lengthy discussions on the reduction.

He also has no idea what the board’s vote will ultimately be.

“At this point, I couldn’t tell you if it’ll pass or fail,” he said. “It’s just an idea being presented.”

In addition, the board on Monday approved a lease agreement with the city of Lytton regarding property the school owns.

Kruse said the district owns a baseball field, softball field, practice fields and a bus barn in Lytton.

“The city wanted to know of they could lease a practice field for an adult softball team,” Kruse said.

After public comment, the board approved the leasing agreement.

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