January 15, 2009
- Wells-Ogunquit, Acton agree to consolidate, Jim Kanak, York Weekly
...Members discussed whether filing the plan for the AOS would preclude WOCSD from seeking stand-alone status. They ultimately decided it would not.
- Greenville panels urge defeat of schools plan, Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News
...selectmen and school committee members are against the state’s reorganization mandate “because it is not supported by clear reasoning and accurate data,” they say.
- [Farmington...] State OKs SAD 9 plan to stay the same, Valerie Tucker, Morning Sentinel
...The school district could choose a new name, Cormier said.
- [Sanford / Many Flags] School models fight for state OK, Matthew Stone, Kennebec Journal
..."It isn't about us versus them," said Courtney, the Assistant Senate Minority Leader. "It's my hope that when all is said and done, both communities have this."
- Policy group calls RSU 13 apportionment unconstitutional, Shlomit Auciello, Herald Gazette
...suggests that the U.S. Census policy that calls for the inclusion of prisoners in the count for the localities where they are incarcerated, rather than the communities where they vote and maintain homes, is harmful to democracy.
- State asked to rethink school-aid cuts, Al Edwards, American Journal
...Cape board took issue with the formula the state used, rewarding higher property valuations with higher cuts.
- Bucksport RSU Hearing Draws a Small Crowd, Cyndi Wood, Ellsworth American
- A Poor Trade-off, Editorial, Ellsworth American
...Ultimately, the state likely will accomplish a resulting reduction in the amount of money it must allocate for K-12 public education in Maine. But for many communities, their education costs will go up, not down, in the form of higher property taxes. Local town meeting votes on school budgets no longer will occur, and local school boards making decisions about the needs of their students and communities will have become a thing of the past.
- The consolidation conundrum: Kittery continues to grapple with Maine’s school reorganization law, Liberty Hardy, The Wire
...“My big beef with the Department of Education and the commissioner is this: you cannot penalize Kittery for not forming an RSU with a neighboring district when your department authorized our neighboring districts alternative plans that did not include Kittery. You can’t do it,” Pelletier said.
- Falmouth schools get OK to stand alone, Peggy Roberts, Forecaster
...Falmouth will avoid a $473,000 penalty that loomed after voters last November rejected consolidation with School Administrative District 51 by a nearly 3-1 margin.
- Falmouth school chief a finalist for Mass. job, Peggy Roberts, Forecaster
...“I would hope that people would see (applying for the position) as what a rational and practical person would do,” he said. “I would be surprised if folks wouldn’t think I would look out for the well-being of my family given the uncertainty of what was happening.”
- [Ellsworth region] New RSU Is in Best Interest of Students, Henry Ashmore, Omar Norton, Bill Webster and Wayne Enman, Ellsworth American
- By Brian Hubbell at 01/15/2009 - 06:43
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