[mandan]

I can tell you this. Jackson City WILL NOT agree on a merger. They have fought too long and too hard and I just will not happen, so all the speculation of them voting to merge is utterly false. The fight is on to keep the school alive and you haven't seen the best of someone until you back them into a corner.

Unless you have a BUNCH of money to keep them open, they (or you) won't really have a vote on the issue. Jackson City would simply close down because of lack of operating revenue, and the kids would be absorbed into the local public county system. I guess they could choose to go to Oakdale, Riverside, or Mt. Carmel if they didn't want to attend Breathitt.