The Audubon School Board, Monday evening, was notified of a change in classification of their football program from Class A to an 8-player team. Superintendent Brett Gibbs told KJAN News “We will be small enough to play 8-player football, starting next year.” He said “There’s been some talk around town about whether we were or we weren’t so we just wanted to make sure the Board was well aware of where we were at. Our coaches came [to the meeting], and their recommendation is that we do 8-player football. ”

Audubon School District Superintendent Brett Gibbs

Gibbs said “It looks to me like that at least for sure the next two-years we’ll be small enough. The next time they count [enrollment] the number’s 115…we’ll be right around that number in grades nine through 11. Things might change, but it looks like we could be an 8-player school now, going forward.”  He said also the Board approved a change in a cooperative sharing agreement for swimming, from Carroll to Atlantic, beginning with the 2016-17 school year. The move really only affects one or two students.

And, Gibbs said the Audubon School Board discussed a preliminary three-year building and grounds plan. The District he says, just wrapped-up its current 3-year building and grounds plan, which involved remodeling the elementary school, upgraded the football and track facilities. The Building and Grounds Committee met and drafted a list of priorities for future projects and presented that to the Board, which will act on finalizing the plans during their meeting in December, depending on [legislative] funding.

Gibbs said hopefully the legislature can stop handling the issue of Supplemental Aid like a political football and set the rate and get that information to school districts as quickly as possible, so school boards can set their budget.