FREEMAN BOARD CALLS FOR FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM MARION
All six who spoke during the public input portion of the Freeman School Board’s special meeting Wednesday night, April 2 spoke in favor of continuing the sports relationship with Marion, and the school board agreed on two things:
To request a formal proposal from Marion for an expanded co-op, and;
To schedule a public meeting within a week’s time should a proposal be submitted.
Those speaking out at Wednesday’s public meeting were:
- Jeff Wollmann, assistant wrestling coach for the Marion/Freeman Rebels;
- Amber Sayler, head softball coach for the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix;
- Dustin Tschetter, head football coach for the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix;
- Lance Pankratz, a parent;
- Erin Lachman, a parent;
- Kailey Oleson, a parent.
The April 2 special meeting of the Freeman School Board can be watched here.
Meanwhile, the Parker School Board is scheduled to meet in special session Thursday, April 3 to receive public input on a pending agreement with the Marion School District to establish a new, nine-year, all-sports sports cooperative between the two schools that would begin for most sports in 2025-26 and in football, softball and wrestling in the fall of 2026.
The Marion School Board will also receive public input on the sports partnership at its regularly scheduled meeting April 14.
This is a developing story.
