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Vote today on the dissolution of the Orient-Macksburg School District

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March 4th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Area News) – Voters in three counties serving the Orient-Macksburg School District are heading to the polls today (Tuesday), to determine the fate of the District’s pending dissolution. Registered voters in Adair, Adams, Madison and Union counties within the Orient-Macksburg school district may cast their ballot from now (7-a.m.) until 8-p.m. The polling site for patrons of the Orient-Macksburg School District who are in Adair, Adams and Union Counties, is the Orient United Methodist Church. The polling location for Madison County residents within the district, is the Woman’s Relief Corps Hall in Macksburg.
According to the Adair County Auditor’s Office, this special election is to voluntarily adopt the dissolution of the Orient-Macksburg Community School District as proposed by the dissolution commission appointed by the school board, with its territory to be divided between Nodaway Valley and Winterset and a third area to be designated by the Department of Education.O-M School
The O-M District has more (detailed) information about today’s vote on their Facebook page.