January 24, 2009
- [...So goes Rhode Island] Governor Carcieri moves on consolidation, Edward Fitzpatrick, Providence Journal
...“The time has come,” Carcieri said, “to get serious and decide once and for all if we as a people have the will to come together, break down boundaries and share our resources.”
This seems like a mountain worth climbing. But just as hikers take note of the corpses on the side of Mount Everest, this new commission should avoid missteps and take note of former House Minority Whip Nicholas Gorham, R-Coventry, who got voted out of office after he proposed that Exeter, Foster, Glocester, Scituate, West Greenwich and western Coventry merge into a single town called Westconnaug.
- [Eddington, Brewer, Clifton, Holden] Town officials voice opposition to RSU 15, Nok-Noi Ricker, Bangor Daily News
- [Blue Hill, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, Brooklin, Sedgwick, Deer Isle, Stonington, Surry] Island-Peninsula school plan goes to voters, Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News
- Bucksport area towns to vote on school plan, Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News
- [Hodgdon, Danforth, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Orient, Bancroft] Voters to decide new school plan, Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News
- Madison has other options for school restructuring, Suzanne Wagg, Morning Sentinel
- Five town school reorganization: job is not finished, Editorial, Herald Gazette
...While we plan to vote no on the proposed reorganization plan that will appear at the polls on Tuesday, Jan. 27, it is not because we totally agree with the conclusion that the five towns remain on course with their educational structure. We will vote no because the alternative organizational structure represents no improvement on existing educational practices, and represents a mere Band-Aid on the issue.
In fact, we feel strongly that the five towns should make it a priority to address streamlining their kindergarten to 12th-grade public school system, not only for efficiency, but also for educational excellence. Will a new committee rise from the ashes to address these issues?
- By Brian Hubbell at 01/24/2009 - 06:42
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