chosen for termination.
Martinek argues that the District's own actions undermine its claim that it needed to reduce administrative staff. Five days after firing Martinek the District hired administrator Roy Frakes to serve as 7-12 principal and activities director. The District counters that Frakes' hiring was part of its plan to restructure its administrators. Thus, even though the District hired a new administrator to serve as 7-12 principal and activities director, it cut back to 2.5 administrative staff. According to the District's plan, once Sextro (the former superintendent) retired, the district would employ Larry Frakes as district superintendent and elementary school principal and Roy Frakes as 7-12 principal and activities director, leaving the district with just two administrators.
A preponderance of competent evidence substantiates the District's strategy to gradually reduceshown an objective basis for its decision to eliminate Martinek's position.
The District met its burden to establish just cause existed to terminate Martinek.

III. Disposition.
We hold the district court did not err in finding the Belmond-Klemme Community School District provided a preponderance of competent evidence demonstrating Martinek's termination was necessary due to declining enrollment, budgetary concerns, and essential staff reductions. The district court decision is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
All justices concur except CADY, J., who takes no part.
NOTES
[1]  In May of 2006, before the end of the first year of the two-year contract, the District notified Martinek that it intended to terminate her contract at the end of the 2005-2006 school year. The notice listed four reasons for the termination: (1) declining enrollment, (2) budgetary restrictions, (3) reduction of position, and