She said the board and the committee will schedule another meeting date. Mendenhall said she will recommend that the board not even take up the redistricting proposals this summer. She and several other board members said the issues are far too important to consider during the summer when most schools are closed and many people are out of town. Board member Kris Cooke agreed. We ought to wait until school reopens.
Schools are a great way of communicating.
Mendenhall said she is leaning toward appointing a committee of the school board to study the redistricting recommendations this summer and to present a summary report to the board in September. The incumbents, however, insist they will not try to postpone action on the proposal until after the election in November. Allen supports delaying action on the redistricting proposal until school is in session, but she said the issue is far too important to put off beyond this summer. She and Cooke said they intend to call for the board to establish a timeline this summer for dealing with redistricting. It's gone on long enough.