January 21, 2009
- The consolidation hopper deepens, Matthew Stone, The Report Card
- Unofficial results for Easton/SAD 42/SAD 45 reorg. vote
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Y |
N |
Y |
N |
| Bridgewater |
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6 |
52 |
| Blaine (MSAD 42) |
8 |
77 |
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| Mars Hill (MSAD 42) |
20 |
151 |
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| MSAD 42: |
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|
28 |
228 |
| Easton |
|
|
7 |
249 |
| Washburn (MSAD 45) |
26 |
34 |
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| Perham (MSAD 45) |
10 |
53 |
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| Wade (MSAD 45) |
2 |
15 |
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| MSAD 45: |
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|
38 |
102 |
| Total: |
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|
79 |
631 |
- ...137 districts and counting
- Salaries trip consolidation, Matthew Stone, Kennebec Journal
- Dispatches from a white house: voting 'wrong', George Smith, Kennebec Journal
...I'm inclined to vote no just to show state politicians that I don't appreciate their coercion.
- [Houlton] SAD 29 decides to wait and see, Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News
- Closure a ‘heavy’ tax hit to Brewer, Nok-Noi Ricker, Bangor Daily News
...“If the voters turn the RSU down, there is a [$244,000] penalty... If the referendum passes, the hit will be far more substantial, and unfortunately will be a moving target. We know it will be well over $1 million … but it could go as high as $2 million."
- Old Town, Union 90 towns to vote on consolidation, Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News
...“This [consolidation] is sort of like an old-fashioned Catholic marriage — once you’re in it, you can’t get out.”
- Medway boards object to joining schools, Nick Sambides Jr., Bangor Daily News
...State education officials tasked the tri-town AOS committee with formulating an equitable funding formula, but committee members tossed it back to the state when their efforts failed.
- [Great Salt Bay, Bristol, South Bristol] Local School Boards Hold Public Hearings About School Consolidation, Emily Elliott, Lincoln County News
..."In the long run this is a structure that is beneficial, but the changes could have been instituted a better way by the state," said Cosgrove. "Baldacci used a meat cleaver, when he could have used a scalpel."
- [Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport, Edgecomb] Boothbay Region Boards Nix School Unit Plan, Greg Foster, Lincoln County News
...Smith said, in his estimation, the plan for the AOS is poorly conceived even though the Regional Planning Committee (RPC), of which Smith was a member, approved it.
- By Brian Hubbell at 01/21/2009 - 07:41
- News
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