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

School Board Meeting Packed

Student Performance, Future Of Some Courses Among Talking Points

Room W7 at the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School was overflowing as parents, staff members and students attended the Oct. 30 special meeting of the Kimball Public Schools Board of Education.

During public comment time, about a dozen meeting attendees addressed the board with their concerns. Most of those who spoke were concerned about changes that they believed had been made to the schedule of classes. Specifically, that jazz band and show choir would no longer be held during the 27-minute intervention time in the schedule. Instead, they would be held after school.

The intervention period would...