At the first meeting of the Britton Deerfield Schools Board of Education meeting Supt. Charles Pelham called the meeting to order Monday night, as no officers of the board had been elected at that point.
The special meeting had been convened to form the body that would govern the newly consolidated Britton Deerfield Schools, which had come into existence through the overwhelming consent of voters in the Aug. 3 ballot initiative, whereby the independent Britton-Macon Area Schools and the Deerfield Public Schools were consolidated.
At the beginning of the organizational meeting, the new district did not even have an official name.
Pelham opened the meeting with recognition of the historical significance of the night’s proceedings.
“Welcome to the first meeting of the Britton Deerfield Board of Education,” he said. “This is an historic event and we want to thank everyone who contributed to making it happen, including the members of both boards.”
