Want to be involved in the future rejiggering of the Butler Area School District?

Wednesday is the last day forms are being accepted from those interested in serving on a large community committee that will start meeting in late October. The school board is handing off a list of three possible school district reorganization plans to the committee in hopes that the group will return with the best options identified.

Four digital forms that are available on the district's website, basdk12.org, will remain open through Wednesday. The four forms listed are for parents, faculty, staff members and community members.

When first proposing the committee to the school board, Superintendent Brian White described an expansive roster in the ballpark of 40 members.

There's a practical reason for the inclusivity: They're hoping to have representatives from various groups and subcommunities within the district, so any conversations that take place in committee meetings can be disseminated naturally around Butler.

Putting your name in does not guarantee you a spot on the committee. Everyone who puts forward their name will be considered a nominee. They all will go on a ballot and be voted on by whatever group they will be representing — for example, parents in the district will select from whichever parents' names are nominated.

The committee is scheduled to meet on four dates: Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 16. The first three meetings run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., while the last is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At its last meeting, the Butler school board agreed to pass along three school configurations for the committee to consider.

Those configurations are as follows.

-One would keep the district organized as it currently is, with six elementary schools, one middle school, one intermediate and one senior high.

-The next would have seven elementary schools, a middle school of sixth through eighth grades, and a high school with ninth through 12th grades.

-The last would have seven elementary schools, one intermediate with fifth through eighth grades, and a senior high with ninth through 12th grades.

The latter two would involve closing the downtown middle school building.