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The reorganization of the AHST and Walnut school districts took another step forward this week after the Green Hills Area Education Agency accepted signed petitions from the districts’ residents. According to the Daily NonPareil, a hearing will be held before the AEA board 6-p.m. May 21st, at the AHST High School cafeteria in Avoca. At that time, the board is expected to vote on calling for a special election on the reorganization.
AHST, which serves Hancock, Shelby and Tennant along with Avoca, and Walnut are proposing a consolidation after years of whole-grade sharing. Walnut is facing an eventual shortfall in its spending authority, along with declining enrollment, and is proposing the merger as a solution. If the reorganization is approved, it will make AHST-Walnut the second-largest school in the Western Iowa Conference (WIC), according to Jesse Ulrich, the shared superintendent of both districts.
Lane Plugge, the chief administrator of the Green Hills AEA, said the AEA board verified the reorganization petition was consistent with its plan for district reorganizations. Plugge said in advance of the upcoming hearing, residents of both districts can submit objections on the proposal to the AEA, either arguing it shouldn’t proceed or asking their land be moved to another school district. Those objections will be received until Noon on May 12th.
The districts hope to have the reorganization question on the ballot for the regular school board election on Sept. 8th. If voters approve the merger, the districts would reorganize effective July 1st, 2016. Next year, Walnut will continue to serve elementary school students at the Walnut Community School while continuing to send seventh through 12th grades to AHST — the same as the school districts have operated this year.
354 AM CDT THU APR 30 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BEFORE NOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 50. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he believes the conference will move toward having a championship football game because not having one puts it at a disadvantage when it comes placing teams in the College Football Playoff.
Bowlsby says he spoke with selection committee chairman Jeff Long this week during the College Football Playoff meetings in North Texas and came away convinced not having a conference championship game to end the season will continue to be a problem for the league.
The Big 12 is the lone Big Five conference that has only 10 teams and does not have a title game. Baylor and TCU tied for the Big 12 title last season, but were both jumped by Ohio State in the final playoff committee rankings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peter Bourjos hit a game-tying RBI triple, then scored the go-ahead run by beating the throw home on an infield tapper to fuel a four-run fifth inning in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. Carlos Martinez (3-0) allowed two runs in six innings and Matt Adams doubled twice with an RBI.
Ryan Howard hit his 20th career homer against St. Louis, 11 coming in his hometown, and Odubel Herrera had two hits and an RBI. Aaron Harang (2-2) surrendered five runs in six innings, ending a career-best run of eight consecutive quality starts dating to last September. Bourjos entered 7 for 15 against Harang with a homer and four RBIs, no doubt factoring into his second start considering he was just 1 for 10 on the season.