The appellant filed an appeal with the State Board of Education asking to be excluded from the whole grade sharing agreement between the District and Meriden-Cleghorn CSD based on geographic hardship.

She acknowledged she did not seek release from the District board or voice her concerns while the board were exploring the whole grade sharing option.

The appellant failed to show that a geographic hardship exists for her children based on geographic conditions; inconvenience is not equivalent to hardship.

The local board's decision is affirmed.