The Wichita school district made the right decision in dropping its effort to expand its northeast boundary. It was understandable that Bel Aire wanted to be served by one school district, rather than be split between Wichita and Circle districts. But Circle opposed the boundary change, and a state mediator declared an impasse in the negotiations. As interim Wichita superintendent Martin Libhart said, it was time to stop and move on. “It’s not a good idea to pit school districts against each other,” he said. No, it isn’t.
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This was something that USD 259 should never have been involved in. While I understand that Bel Aire, looking to additional residential development, thought that not having the town split between two districts was to its benefit, 259 should just have politely said “No” when requested by Bel Aire to undertake this fool’s errand.