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Pursuant to state statute, an election was not required for the Sweet Springs R-7 School Board earlier this month.
Unofficial minutes from the board meeting on Thursday, April 8, say Darla Reid and Ricky Rennison will be beginning a new three-year term and Cindi Sims will be beginning a new one-year term.
Board Vice President Robert Fuehring administered the oath of office to Reid, Rennison and Sims.
The existing board was dissolved for reorganization.
New officers are: President- Sims; Vice President- Fuehring; Treasurer- Paula Staples; Secretary- Reid; and MSBA Representative- Martha Dohrman; Board members are Rennison and Thomas Trautman.
In other news, the board approved special-education agreements for related services:
Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India s past
The author of ‘The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback’ on the animal’s influence over mythology and the medieval economy. Detail of Battle of Haldighati , painted in 1822, showing Rana Pratap on his horse Chetak | Wikimedia Commons
Yashaswini Chandra has a PhD in the history of art from SOAS, where she was also a teaching fellow, and formerly worked with Sahapedia, an open online resource on the arts, cultures and histories of India. In her first book,
The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback, Chandra reminds us of how central horses were to polities, economies and ruling classes, both ancient and medieval, before the mechanisation of the modern world changed everything.