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DoE press release: 1/25/2011
Maine Students Score Better Than in Most States on National Science Test
AUGUSTA – Maine students outperformed students in most other states on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the only test of student achievement that allows comparison of student performance across states.
Legal Opinion on Challenging School Law Cites Penalty Provisions
East Machias Officials to Gauge Support for Suit
By Will Tuell
Downeast Coastal Press, April 7, 2009
As legislators began their third year of debate on the state's school reorganization law, East Machias selectmen received copies of a legal opinion outlining the town's chances for overturning portions, if not all, of the law in federal court.
East Machias Considering Lawsuit Over School Reorganization Law
By Will Tuell
Downeast Coastal Press,
March 17-23, 2009
East Machias selectmen Kenneth “Bucket” Davis, Dale Richardson and Bob Chase are considering a lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education (DOE) over the state's controversial school reorganization law.
In a phone interview March 13, Davis said that attorney Bryan Dench of the Lewiston-Auburn-based firm Skelton, Taintor & Abbott would be providing selectmen with legal opinion on the specific merits of a such a challenge.
For 25% of your grade this week, identify the specific irony represented in the juxtaposition of these two recent press releases from the executive branch:
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- 14 school plans fail, but 4 are approved, Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News
- [Hancock County] Two of Three Consolidation Plans Flunk, Cyndi Wood, Ellsworth American
- No merger plans yet in 149 districts , Kelley Bouchard, Press Herald
- Rangeley wonders about next move on sad 44 merger, Eileen M. Adams, Sun Journal
- [Somerset County] Merger work begins anew, Doug Harlow, Morning Sentinel
- Districts 53, 59 plan to try, try again, Scott Monroe, Morning Sentinel
- School proposal votes mixed: Caribou OKs plan; other towns say no, Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News
- Consolidation plan loses in southern Aroostook, Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News
- Five-town voters reject school consolidation, Stephen Betts, Herald Gazette
- Midcoast voters reject school plan, Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News
- [Madison, Brighton Plantation, Starks, Athens, Bingham, Moscow] School plan 'dead', Doug Harlow, Morning Sentinel
- [Maranacook, Winthrop, Fayette] Merger proposal shot down, Matthew Stone, Kennebec Journal
- Rangeley turns down merger with SAD 44, Eileen M. Adams, Sun Journal
- [Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls] Voters reject SAD 36 merger, Donna M. Perry, Sun Journal
- Consolidation Consternation, Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News
- Allagash votes down alternative school plan, Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News
- Lincoln-Lee, Katahdin efforts fail, Nick Sambides Jr., Bangor Daily News
- SADS 4, 46, Harmony Willimantic vote no, Bangor Daily News
- SAD 68 backs plan, but partners all say no, Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News
- Old Town, Alton, Bradley decide to form RSU 16, Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News
- [Brewer, Orrington, Dedham, Holden, Airline CSD] 10 towns shoot down RSU 15 consolidation, Nok-Noi Ricker, Bangor Daily News
- Bucksport consolidation OK'd, Blue Hill fails, Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News
- [Madison] SAD 59 voters reject plan for regional school unit, Bangor Daily News, Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News
- Union 74 And Jefferson Approve AOS, Union 49 Declines It, Emily Elliott, Lincoln County News
- Caribou area OKs, Fort Fairfield area rejects RSU plan, Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News
- Legislators Faced with Raft of School Reorganization Bills, Will Tuell, Downeast Coastal Press
... “I think there'll be an appetite in the Legislature to revisit the whole issue of penalties,” [Senator Raye] said, “now that the law is in place and we are seeing how it's playing out across the state. I think there's a growing sense of discomfort even among those legislators who supported the law, with the impact of penalties. I think that bill will have some legs.”
- Down East panel wants further AOS study, Steve Colhoun, Bangor Daily News
- Pittsfield, Madison schools may try partnering again, Scott Monroe, Morning Sentinel
- Voters reject 14 out of 18 plans, Maine School Management Association
- Voters weigh in on 18 reorganization votes, DoE press release
- School Consolidation Votes Bring Mixed Results, Maine Public Radio
- RSU Plans Rejected in Vote, WCSH6
- Students speak on consolidation, Matthew Stone, Kennebec Journal
- Consolidation plan makes sense for Winthrop, Maranacook, Steve Hayes, Kennebec Journal
- [Somerset County] 14 sites due for merger voting, Doug Harlow, Morning Sentinel
- [Allagash, Fort Kent] SADs 27, 10 to vote on consolidation proposal, Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News
- In unrelated discussion, consolidation rears its head, Matthew Stone, The Report Card
- School Consolidation Nearing Deadline, Mike Webster, WCSH6
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