School consolidation meeting now Nov. 22

Proposed reorganization of four Union County public school districts will be the focus of a rescheduled public hearing.

The rescheduled hearing is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.

The hearing will take place in the courtroom on the second floor of the courthouse.

The reorganization proposal involves the Lick Creek, Anna, Jonesboro and Anna-Jonesboro Community High School districts.

The hearing originally had been scheduled for Tuesday evening, Nov. 1.

However, The Gazette-Democrat failed to complete the run of a legal notice which was required to be published as part of the proposed school reorganization process.

The newspaper ran the legal notice two times. The notice was required to be run three times.

The legal notice is being run again, as required, prior to the Nov. 22 public hearing.

The upcoming hearing is one of the steps in the process which is required to have the proposal placed on the primary election ballot.

Supporters of the reorganization hope to have the issue placed on the March 2012 Union County primary election ballot.