One school board resignation was offered and another was asked for this week, but the makeup of the South Whidbey Board of Education is unlikely to change before the November general election.

At Monday’s school board workshop at the South Whidbey Intermediate School, board Director Jim Adsley said he will resign his position in November, even though he is not up for re-election. At the same meeting, the board membership of Director Barb Schneeman — whose term ends in November — was challenged after she, apparently, failed to live up to statements she made about her residency.

In offering his resignation, Adsley cited concerns about the latest information from the administration about the year-end fund balance which is about $369,000 less than was expected. School business manager Mike Moore accepted responsibility for the shortage and resigned. But that wasn’t enough for Adsley, who said he wanted no part of a flawed budget process, nor any liability for it.

“I don’t want to be on the hook,” he said.

In another ongoing matter, directors Bob Riggs and Helen Price Johnson once again tried to address the issue of Schneeman’s move out of her director district. Riggs and Johnson questioned Schneeman as to whether she had moved back to her district as she previously promised.

Riggs asked the question in relation to board policy, which states that if a board member’s permanent residence ceases to be in the director’s elected district, the director must resign.

Speaking to Schneeman’s alleged violation of that policy, Riggs said was pointed.

“I assume, since you are sitting here, Barbara, you have moved back to your district,” he said.

Riggs noted that at the board’s March meeting, Schneeman stated — in an e-mail read by Director Ray Gabelein that she would move back to her residence on Edgecliff Avenue by July. Schneeman moved from that address to one near Useless Bay in Sept. 2002.

Asked Monday whether she had made that move, Schneeman responded, “No not at this time.”

“I’ve been spending time with my dad at the Edgecliff house but I am in transition due to my son leaving for college,” she said.

Schneeman has maintained that her permanent residence is in her district, at her father’s house on Edgecliff.

Riggs and Johnson called for Schneeman’s resignation in a letter dated March 16. Another letter, signed by 23 community members, was also sent to the board calling for resolution in the Schneeman matter.

But since the move was first made public by a Feb. 15 story in The South Whidbey Record, Feb. 15, the issue has been stalled.

During Monday’s meeting, Riggs and Johnson were hoping for some clarification and resolution on the subject.

Director Johnson asked Schneeman to be more specific about when she expects to return to the family home in Langley. Schneeman did not give a specific date.

At one point in the discussion, Riggs vented at other members of the board.

“Am I the only one who remembers what was said?” he asked.

He then asked Adsley and Gabelein whether they had comments. They did not.

According to the Revised Code of Washington, school board directors who move from their districts during their term can serve until the next election. But the board policy, written in 1985, has not been changed to agree with the state code.

Schneeman is not seeking re-election to the board from her district, District 5. Rich Parker is running uncontested for her seat.

Also not running in the November election is Gabelein, whose term ends this year. Greg Gilles is the only candidate signed up to run for that board seat.