Dark financial days may be moving into the past at Cherokee, judging by Superintendent Bryce Schanbacher's comments to the school board at its regular meeting Monday evening.

The school has signed an agreement, approved in this meeting, with ACB Bank to reduce its indebtedness in the form of nonpayable warrants.

Present were board members Kory Littlefield, Kurtis Goodwin, Amber Wilhite, Desiree Gibson and Shane Parker. Also present were Superintendent Bryce Shanbacher and recent-hires Lane Pruett, the junior and senior high principal, and Keela Patterson, the elementary principal.

“On our summ...