The purpose of school districts is to support and improve student learning. To that end, districts build schools, create policy, hire staff, and pass a budget. That done, school boards partner with the superintendent and staff to implement this plan and, at the end of the day, assess how affective it has been. This process is not as linear as it sounds, of course, but does define the necessity of reassessing the structure of our schools and districts to make certain those structures support student learning. Current discussions between the Grass Valley School District and the Nevada City School District …