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General News C-L and Clarion Area consider merging sports programs
CLARION – Both Clarion-Limestone and Clarion Area
Districts have announced special meetings to pass a resolution authorizing
school administrators to take the initial steps required to form a sports
cooperative. The announcement came through notices to be published in
the Clarion News and in The Derrick. The Clarion-Limestone board will meet at The Clarion Area board meeting will convene at According to the notices issued by the school districts,
the purpose of each meeting will be to seek a board resolution permitting the
districts to take the initial step required to secure PIAA approval for the
purposed sports cooperative. Final approval would not be possible until later this
summer, stated the notice. However, due to time constraints relating to the PIAA
approval process, the districts must empower administrators to file the
necessary paperwork for consideration. Should the districts ultimately approve the cooperative, Public discussion on this matter will be sought by both
districts over the coming weeks. The districts will also be examining
cooperating in other curricular and co-curricular activities. The notices states the discussions are part of a larger
effort between the districts to identify ways to share programs and resources
while also exploring the pros and cons of school consolidation. According to a notice issued by the schools, “although
economic forces have played a key role in initiating talks between the
districts, representatives for both districts believe that consolidation could
permit the districts to provide academic programs that neither can offer on
their own.” The districts emphasized that consolidation would require
years to accomplish and, to date, no formal steps have been taken to proceed.
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