Isbell appoints consolidation board for KG, Blue Sky

The Hill County superintendent of schools has tapped members of the existing school boards in the Blue Sky and Kremlin-Gildford districts to form a new board that will oversee consolidation of the two school districts.

In an order of consolidation issued Thursday, County Superintendent Shirley Isbell listed Mitzi Dees of Kremlin and JoHanna Kapperud of Gildford, both members of the KG board, and Mike Lipp of Hingham and Lyle Peterson of Rudyard, both members of the Blue Sky board, as the representatives of the four communities in the district.

The fifth member will be former state Rep. Merlin...