The City Council in Walnut and the Walnut Community School Board will meet in a special, joint meeting next month. On the agenda for the 6:30-p.m. meeting on May 3rd, is discussion with regard to the Future Use of School Property. The meeting takes place in the Walnut Community School old gymnasium.

The Walnut Community School District will merge with the Avoca-based AHST district July 1st. The reorganization was prompted when Walnut saw the second largest enrollment decline in the state. It became unfeasible to operate the more than 100-year-old school.

The Walnut school board would like to give the building to the city, which could then decide how to best use the space. If a decision isn’t made by the time the Walnut district ceases to exist independently on June 30th, the school board of the new district, called the AHSTW Community School District, would be responsible for the building.