If an agreement is approved, it would take a majority of the facility's management out of district hands. To discuss the issue with community members, the board will have a special forum at 6 p.m. June 16 in the district board room.
Board members plan to make a decision about the management proposal that evening.
School board and foundation members began discussions about an agreement earlier this year. The foundation submitted a draft management proposal for district officials to consider. In light of financial problems, district officials asked the foundation to return with the issue later in the year since it would be busy with the 1998-99 budget process. At the school board meeting May 26, foundation member Greg Ledgerwood said there aren't any granting institutions that will grant funds to a publicly owned facility. An agreement to share management would most likely allow the foundation, a non-profit organization, to seek grant funding, he said.