According to Conni Gracey, Custer County Clerk, enough valid signatures have been verified on all four petitions that were submitted to recall Sargent School District Board members Laura Kipp, Tammera Moody, Loyd Pointer, and Marty Riddle.
Each recall petition required at least 95 signatures of registered voters in the Sargent School District and those signatures were submitted to the Custer County Clerk’s Office on Friday, August 26th, and verified within 15 business days.
The Clerk’s Office has since notified the elected officials being recalled, as well as the Sargent School District. According to Ms. Gracey, the school district now has 21 days to notify the County Clerk’s Office about a date for the recall election. That election has to be held at least 50 days after the school district was notified that enough valid signatures were obtained on the recall petitions.
In July of 2023, the recall effort was mounted after the Sargent School Board voted earlier this year not to retain Cory Grint as principal for the 2023-24 school year.
