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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- What will become of efforts to recall two Falcon School Board members is in limbo.

FOX21 has confirmed that both board members, Kent Clawson and Dave Martin, handed in letters intended to invalidate the recall just ahead of the Tuesday evening deadline.

In March a group of concerned parents began the efforts to recall both Clawson and Martin.

The committee needed just under 3,500 signatures.

In July the recall committee handed in around 4,200, but just under 3,900 of those were approved.

What becomes of the recall measure could come down to a letter which attempts to remove certain people's signatures from the original petition.

Clawson and Martin tell FOX21 that they handed in about 300.

"There were a lot of times I wanted to hang it up, but there were a lot of people out rooting for us and a lot of people out walking for us," said Clawson.

Clawson and Martin will need at least 180 of those letters to be approved by El Paso County to stop the recall assuming the opposing parent committee doesn't convince the county to accept signatures originally rejected on their petition.

"We have filed a protest to try to re-coop some of the signatures so I'm confident this will go through as we planned for it to," said Tracy Stuehm.

No matter the outcome, Tuesday's deadline marks the end of a long process that started in March when parents accused the board of being secretive and not putting students first.

A complaint the school district's 6th superintendent in three years is already addressing.

"I see the parents the community the teachers the students and the administration were partners together to make this the very best place for kids to go to school," said Superintendent Brad Schoeppey.

Schoeppey could be working for an entirely new board following the November election that is if the three board members up for re-election are voted out and the recall succeeds for Clawson and Martin.

"It's always in the back of my mind but I've seen boards change many times and I feel like I can work with anybody," Schoeppey said.

"Hopefully we can go home say we did our best and it's in someone else's hands now," Martin said.

It will be at least a week before the county will be able to confirm if the recall will move forward.

Tomorrow the county needs to begin counting the letters handed in by Clawson and Martin. They also need to hold that protest hearing.