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Abingdon/Avon District Takes the Reins
FIRST REPORTED 5:30am 12/5/12 The new Abingdon/Avon consolidated school district officially has a school board.

The new board was sworn in Tuesday night and just as soon as they were sworn in and officers elected they went into executive session to start working on getting the new district off the ground.

Board President Sharon Lomax tells WGIL board members knew ahead of time how much work there was starting a new district and they wanted to make the first meeting as smooth as possible.

"We kind of made a list and we thought about what we wanted to do and we kind of got organized beforehand to see who would want to be president, and we kind of talked about that before hand so there wasn't any conflict."

Lomax says the board's first priority is to find a new Superintendent.

She says the board has a few options on how to go about doing that but they haven't made a final decision on what they'll do.

The board also needs to pass the tax levy for the district as well as deciding on a name.

Lomax says the next board meeting should be held sometime next week.
12 05 12 by Newsroom
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