Here’s the gist (and we realize this is going to come off a bit snarky, but bare with us):

Kudos to the Warren County School Board (and this isn’t the snarky part)…

Kudos to the Warren County School Board for advance planning.

And kudos to the Warren County School Board for addressing the priorities — the priorities in which the community has pushed for them to address.

Sports issues.

A committee of the board took the time recently to lay out a “just in case” plan for sports consolidation in the school district. It wants to be ready the next time a decision has to be made regarding a sports program with low numbers.

“It’s not going to happen in a particular year,” board member Arthur Stewart said. “If we treat it as a planning tool, it would save the administration coming back to us.”

So, in the meantime, there’s been an uproar — calls, emails, Facebook posts.

The sky is falling.

At the same time, there have been one or two rational readers suggesting maybe this isn’t the end of the world. Maybe, just maybe, we should be more focused on academics over sports consolation or participation.

But that isn’t what the community has pushed and pushed and pushed the board to do over the years.

Case in point, Youngsville football. The entire team and coaching staff attended the board meetings recently.

In recent years, the talk of sports consolidation forced a line out the door at board meetings.

One student spoke before the board regarding a rumor that AP and Honors courses would be cut at the outlying area high schools, in favor of one centralized location.

ONE.

Just one.

You can’t condemn this newspaper for covering the issues most talked about.

“Youngsville football isn’t front page news,” we were told.

We beg to differ. Take a look at our Facebook hits on the subject.

We are listening to what the community wants.

Don’t condemn the board for advance planning.

The board is… Listening.