I have watched with interest the inaction the Kennett District No. 39 school board has taken in its last two meetings. I am fascinated by this interesting twist of inaction.

In 2007, Kennett District No. 39 Superintendent Jerry Noble was named the recipient of the Allen Oakley Educator of the Year Award. Obviously, most in the community believe that Noble is doing an excellent job leading the district. His reputation is very credible and his leadership skills were rewarded.

At the March board meeting, after investigating some actions that members of his own administration had taken and determining that errors had been made, Noble attempted to rectify those errors. Therefore, he recommended that the board approve an action that, in the judgment of he and his administration, would set things as close to right as possible.

At that meeting the board discussed Noble's recommendation but took no action. No motion was made and no second was made. Consequently, board members would not vote either "yes" or "no."

Obviously, the board's inaction was itself a vote, but it appears that no board member wanted to "go on record" as voting against Noble's recommendation. I realize that my assessment might be incorrect, but their inaction regarding the superintendent's recommendation is interesting.

At April's board meeting, after further investigation and after learning more facts about the situation, Noble came to the board again with the same recommendation he had made in March.

Once again, however, no motion was made and, consequently, no second was made, and, again, the board took an interesting inaction regarding a topic that their superintendent obviously thought warranted action.

I know the members of the board are very good people and do the very best they can to properly and effectively handle the district's business. I simply find it interesting that they took no action regarding their superintendent's recommendation and simply let it slide.

NOTE: Although I attend each meeting of the board, sometimes the talk around the table is so quiet that I do not hear all of it from where I sit. Apparently, I missed the fact that a motion was actually made in the March meeting to allow a vote on Mr. Noble's recommendation. There was no second, however, and so the issue was dropped until the April meeting. At the April meeting there was neither a motion or a second. Sorry about that!