KINGFIELD — Townspeople are being offered a chance to explore the future of their partnership with the SAD 58 school district.

At the Monday evening meeting, Vice Chairman Merv Wilson said that Strong Selectman Mike Pond has asked that his town have increased representation on the School Board.

Pond had requested a ruling from the Maine Department of Education, and Commissioner Stephen Bowen recently directed the board and Superintendent Brenda Stevens to review the issue. According to Bowen’s directive, the School Board should act as required by Title 20-A, Maine Revised Statutes Annotated Section 1466, Subsection 4.

“Please note,” the letter from the School Finances and Operations department stated, “the current method of apportionment is no longer in compliance with the ‘one person–one vote’ statute.”

Kingfield, Avon, Strong and Phillips must appoint one municipal official and one community representative to be part of the review process. Selectman Heather Moody volunteered to attend the June 2 meeting of the SAD 58 Reapportionment Committee, but the town needs to send one citizen as well.

Any Kingfield resident interested in volunteering is asked to contact the Town Office.

Several Kingfield residents also have expressed interest in alternative options, Wilson said, as the town will be paying the largest share of the annual budget. At 6 p.m. June 20, Wilson said, residents are invited to attend the town’s first Independent School Committee meeting. After the withdrawal of Eustis, Wilson noted, a number of residents have expressed interest in options for the town’s place in the future of the district.

“It’s not necessarily to leave the district,” Wilson said. “We’re inviting people to attend to brainstorm and come up with options.”

In other news, selectmen approved a catering permit for the Top of the Hill Grill for this Sunday’s bluegrass concert. The Jerks of Grass, a quartet from Portland, will play from 1 to 4 p.m. at at Ira Mountain, a few miles north of downtown Kingfield. Special guest Mason Strunk of Eustis will also perform.

Selectmen also granted a renewal of Longfellow’s Restaurant liquor license and approved a new one for the proposed The Doors Bistro.

Road Reconstruction Committee representative David Guernsey said he had both good news and bad news for selectmen about the Maine Department of Transportation’s U.S. Route 27 reconstruction plan for downtown Kingfield.

“The good news is that they don’t have the money to do some of the horrible things they talked about 20 years ago,” he said.

The good news, Guernsey said, is that the state will rehabilitate deteriorating road construction and pay 80 percent of the costs for sidewalk repair.

“They’ll fix up all the existing sidewalks all the way up to the Narrow Gauge Park,” Guernsey said.

Jon Edgerton, president of Wright Pierce Engineering, has offered to help with design and feasibility studies, Guernsey said.

In other news, selectmen accepted the resignation of Town Treasurer and Deputy Clerk Emily Hatfield.