Home » Forums » News

Hermon, Carmel, and Levant vote down school reorganization

Unofficial results for Hermon/ MSAD 23 (Carmel, Levant)  school reorganization vote

Y N Y N
Hermon:     22 335
Carmel (MSAD 23): 10 167
Levant (MSAD 23): 16 174    
MSAD 23: 26 341
Total: 48 676
    ...138 districts and counting
‹ January 27, 2009 January 26, 2009 ›

SAD #23 votes no

Congratulations to the voters of SAD #23 for taking a stand against school consolidation. They took their time to study the pros and cons. They were not intimidated by penalties to be levied for voting against the plan.

I am concerned that the sister district, SAD #38, that shares its superintendent with SAD #23 was led down a different path when it voted in the Nov. election. John Backus has been quoted in local newspapers in support of consolidation for SAD #38 and not in support of consolidation for SAD #23. Both districts, for which Backus is Superintendent of, share similar tax burdens to be brought on by consolidating.

[Comment edited by site administrator, 1/26/2009, 11:32AM]

  • By Remington1 at 01/26/2009 - 11:20
  • Login or register to post comments