Butler Area School Board meetings won’t be livestreamed, but official audio recordings now will last a little longer.

The board records audio from its meetings for the secretary to use while writing their minutes. In accordance with district document destruction policies, the secretary deletes the recordings after the minutes are made official.

But in response to a Butler Eagle editorial that, in part, called for video recordings of school board meetings, the board agreed Monday night to keep those recordings for 30 days after the minutes are approved.

This would allow curious members of the public or board members to review the audio.

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