NIOBRARA COUNTY - The Niobrara County School District #1 (NCSD #1) board meeting was held on Monday, November 11. School board member Amber Smith was recognized for her commitment to the school board. Lorn Heth was representing the Wyoming School Board Association and gave Smith a plaque. “We give these awards to board members that put in the extra hours and take the classes to receive points,” Heth said. “Thank you for everything that you do for us. It is not easy to attend the conferences and those are things you need to do and thank you for all that you do for us.”
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NIOBRARA COUNTY - The Niobrara County School District #1 (NCSD #1) board meeting was held on Monday, November 11. School board member Amber Smith was recognized for her commitment to the school board. Lorn Heth was representing the Wyoming School Board Association and gave Smith a plaque. “We give these awards to board members that put in the extra hours and take the classes to receive points,” Heth said. “Thank you for everything that you do for us. It is not easy to attend the conferences and those are things you need to do and thank you for all that you do for us.”
Chairwoman Lexie Ashurst began the meeting with pointing out specific resolutions the Wyo- ming School Board Association (WSBA) will be discussing this year. Ashurst told the board they generally go through these be- cause it will be the consensus of the board on how their represen- tative will be voting.
The first proposed resolution discussion of homeschoolers should not be considered as a drop out. The recommendation is to consider as a transfer rather than a drop out. It will be discussed at the WSBA conference.
The proposed resolution was the concealed carry rule. The WSBA will bring all resolutions to the floor. According to Ashurst it will likely be passed in Legislation that the state will do away with all gun free zones. This had passed last year; however, Governor Mark Gordon vetoed the bill.
According to the bill: This act would have eliminated gun-free zones in public schools, allowing any person with a concealed carry permit to carry a firearm in school facility or at an athletic event. Dis- tricts would have had the option of creating a policy to regulate the con- cealed carry of firearms by staff. Students would have not been able to conceal carry under this act.
The general consensus that each school district would vote during WSBA conference should retain con- trol as to whether their respective schools should have the choice to ei- ther have a gun free zone or not.
Another resolution piggy backeing the concealed carry was if school em- ployees could carry concealed guns.
The board discussed this resolution, and generally agreed to sup- port a resolution that local boards could and should retain the author- ity over planning and execution of their security and management of the plans.
Ashurst is signed up as NCSD #1 delegate and will be attending the WSBA conference this year.
Ashurst recognized school board members Heth and Katie Kruse. Heth has been a member of the school board for over 32 years and Kruse for the past 10 years. Heth and Kruse attended the last school board meeting on November 11.
“Lorn you filled a lot of holes and represented Niobrara County,” Ashurst said. “You’ve been on a lot of state seats and committees. Thank you for everything you’ve done and thank you for your services.”
“Katie has been a part of a lot of progressive changes,” Ashurst said. “She does a lot of things and we ap- preciate your service and you will be missed.”
Kruse said she had received a lot of notes from the staff and she will still be one of staff’s cheerleaders and she wanted to thank them for being the backbone of the school.
