LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Choose candidates who will really lead

For the past two years, the Athens School District has had to rely on CESA 9 to provide a school counselor, as the district has been unable to hire its own.Superintendent Andrea Sheridan offered this explanation in response to a question from board member Cam Diedrich during the board’s Sept. 21 meeting. Diedrich had questioned a nearly $51,000 payment to CESA 9 while the board was reviewing bil...

The Edgar School District’s director of buildings and grounds gave the school board an update earlier this month on the recently remodeled Family Consumer Science classroom.At the board’s Sept. 15 meeting, Rob Rauen showed board members the classroom’s new desks and chairs, along with the new wood cabinets and flooring installed by his maintenance crew. The kitchen area still needs to be rem...