The room was packed to overflowing at the Lakeland Joint School District meeting Wednesday night.
After repeated headcounts to get the maximum occupancy in the district meeting room, some of the number in attendance opted to give up their seats for those planning to issue public comments. Everyone else was moved to an overflow room or pulled blankets out of their vehicles to sit nearby out on the grass.
Almost as soon as the meeting began, an executive session was called and board members moved to a different room in the district office to hold their discussion.