Following the decision by West Nodaway to pursue an all sports cooperative with Nodaway-Holt, which resulted in a five year deal between the two schools, the Jefferson School Board, and the South Nodaway School Board voted to accept North Nodaway into the Platte Valley cooperative for football only. North Nodaway will continue to compete separately in other sports. The North Nodaway School Board approved the move by a 7-0 vote.
In a letter to patrons dated Friday, North Nodaway Superintendent Chris Turpin said that while travel was a concern, it was only a five mile difference to Barnard as it was to Burlington Junction. Turpin said that North Nodaway had surveyed its students, and that only seven high school and seven junior high students were committing to play football for next year.
Turpin, in his letter, said that the school had asked the other schools that bordered their district about cooperatives, with no success; either they were happy with their current situations or not interested in taking on anyone else. However, Jefferson and South Nodaway jumped at the opportunity due to their declining enrollments and numbers in future years, leaving them worried that they would not have a football team.
While details have not been worked out, Turpin said in his letter that Platte Valley has indicated that they were willing to practice and play some home games at Hopkins.
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