The joint school board meeting between Deerfield and Britton-Macon school districts drew a large audience to the Deerfield school library, as expected, Thursday night, and the prevailing mood was one of cooperation among trustees on both boards. The purpose of the meeting was to vote on the consolidation of the two districts, a move that has been under consideration, both formally and informally, since the state’s economy took a downward turn in the last several years.
The boards and superintendents prefaced the formal vote, which came later and which was unanimously for consolidation, by emphasizing to the crowd that public participation and full disclosure would be the hallmarks of the process of blending the two school districts.
To emphasize the importance of community input, the meeting opened with a public comment period.
