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A large crowd assembled at the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, March 14th. Matt Whitney was the spokesperson and read a statement noting that he had talked to the county appraiser about the high increase in property taxes before he came to the meeting.

long-distance traveling concern. The possibility of having a pep bus available to the public for a small fee when the District has a driver has been proposed, with the students having priority to travel to the sporting event.

No one ever says they WANT to work in an appraiser’s office. It is one of those accidental professions where it is supposed to be a temporary job until something better comes along.

It was a day for Safety on Wednesday, March 8th, when the third and fourth-grade students from Stockton, Damar, Plainville, and Sacred Heart participated in the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day at the Rooks County Fairgrounds.

The Stockton Grade School music students attended the MCEL Music Festival at TMP in Hays on Wednesday, March 1. For their musical efforts, there was nothing lower than a II Rating for their performances.

An all-time event-high 26 teams from Rooks County schools competed last Wednesday, March 8th, at the annual Rooks County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge held this year at Palco High School. The 26 teams bested last year’s record of 18 teams.

A special school board meeting was held on Thursday evening, March 9th, to review high school class schedules. At the start of the session, high school principal Lindsay Cravens talked about the high school building leadership team who worked on the schedules.