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Quinn Lasley: The swing vote 2015-09-21 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo CM file photo from 2014. Quinn Lasley was seen as the swing vote in the Thursday night, regular meeting of the Adair County School Board. She had voiced an opinion of the Boards' policy on school allocations - special discretionary funds individual school administrators at one time were given to help with special classroom projects - and criticized the administration for not addressing the pupil supplies problem parents face at the beginning of each school year. She said she was troubled by both situations. Superintendent Reed thanked her for the suggestions and acknowledged that both ideas are do-able and would be addressed before the start of next school year. Mike Harris agreed with Ms. Lasley, and suggested that start of school pupil supplies should be purchased in bulk to get the lowest prices and distributed to all children. For a time, it was unclear how she would vote on extending the contract. On the final vote, she voted "No," but it appeared, to this observer to be a hesitant one. - EW Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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