Adkins announced April 16 he intends to resign at the end of his contract, which is up June 30. School board members met Tuesday afternoon to discuss next steps, grappling with hot-button issues like whether Adkins could finish out his remaining 64 days and how to move forward with a timeline for replacing him. Board members stepped slowly through the conversation, taking consensus votes with a sign of a thumbs-up, thumbs-down or a live-with-it sideways thumb vote to signify their positions. Adkins was not present for the discussion. Anyone who takes on the district’s top role, regardle...