Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

School board keeps tax rate level

The Kimball Board of Education held its first regular meeting with new members Heather Norberg and Carrie Tabor on Monday night.

Norberg and Tabor were chosen to replace former board members Jared Schnell and Theresa Keller, who both resigned last month as they each moved out of the district.

The board held a public hearing for the 2015-2016 budget and another to set the final tax request for the coming fiscal year, neither of which were attended by any members of the public.

“As we are putting this together we are building our needs and then we come back to ask for the tax to support tha...