Haxtun BOE seats shift following resignation

A shift in leadership topped agenda items in a mid-January meeting of the Haxtun Board of Education. Long-time Board President Rich Starkebaum stepped down from his role in light of recent health circumstances. Starkebaum resigned from his position as president, but plans to remain on the Board and complete his current term.

The Jan. 17 meeting opened with amending the agenda to add a line item to revise policy IC/ICA; that policy deals with calendar and instruction time. Later in the meeting when the policy appeared in action items, board members voted to make temporary revisions to IC/ICA to...