JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown Public School Board will be sharing their long term planning report with the public.

According to Superintendent Robert Lech, State Century Code requires a school district to provide a long term planning report in even school years.

Lech says they’ve opted to provide the document to the community and use a survey tool to gauge community feedback. Lech says the survey and report will be e-mailed out Tuesday and he encourages all those to take the survey. A hard copy will also be available for residents to take.

In the survey, Lech says residents can find information on project growth, planned projects and more.

Lech says they’ve also included some recommendations by the Citizen’s Advisory Committee.

The plan can be found on the Jamestown Public School’s website by Tuesday, June 19th. You can click here to take the survey.

Later in the meeting, the board discussed the results of the June primary elections. Business Manager Sally Ost confirmed the results of the election to the school board.

Superintendent Lech says during the primary election, it was found that rural board member Sedrick Trevithick had moved outside the rural school district, making him ineligible to serve on the board.

Lech says to fill his seat, they have several options. Right now, the position is considered a vacancy and will need to be filled by either appointment or special election. He says a special election will need to be held within 60 days.

The other rural seat, currently held by Greg Allen, had no candidates. Because Allen received the majority of write-in votes, he will have 10 days to either accept or decline the position. If rejected, the board would need to seek the next eligible candidate and the seat would become another vacancy.

Following the meeting, Allen agreed to serve for another term. He has served more than 20 years on the school board.

Lech then took time to thank both Brenda Roemmich and Sedrick Trevithick for their services to the district.

In other school board news, it was reported that the district would soon be in the black and no longer deficit spending. Lech says making cuts the right way has ultimately helped the kids and the district.

Board member Diane Hanson thanked Lech and everyone for accomplishing that.

The long term plan will become available on the website here Tuesday.