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.
Classes are canceled for the Coeur d'Alene and Lakeland school districts today because of inclement weather.
The Post Falls School District is expecting to hold class, but will announce any closures early this morning.
The Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Lakeland Joint school districts will not pursue emergency levies this school year.
"We are not seeing tremendous growth over our numbers at the beginning of the year," Lakeland Superintendent Lisa Arnold told The Press via email Friday. "However, even if we had, I would not have recommended an emergency levy to the board. Our patrons just passed the supplemental and plant facility levies. We would not have added to that tax burden."
The Lakeland Joint School District raised the starting salary for a school resource officer during a meeting Monday. SROs on staff will also receive a raise in an effort to compete with salaries in the surrounding school districts.