School Board rips state proposal
Times Record, January 11, 2007
(excerpt) He warned the plan could mean a higher per-student cost for Brunswick, possible budget cuts that would affect teaching staff, and a potential clash of educational philosophies between Brunswick, Freeport and the towns of School Administrative District 75 that would share one administrative office and one school board under the proposed plan.
"I hope everyone listening knows that local doesn't mean what local means for us today," Ashe said.
Ashe also criticized the governor and Education Commissioner Susan Gendron for producing a plan that glossed over the loss of more than 600 teachers, hundreds of jobs for administrative office staff and the educational impact of superintendents.
Handing out copies of Gendron's Power Point presentation promoting the plan, Ashe said, "To me, this a political sell job right here."
School Board members, in keeping with Ashe's comments, also criticized the plan for proposing to relinquish control of Brunswick schools to a regional board and jeopardizing a system they've worked to make economical and educationally effective.
"To lose our local control," board member Corinne Perreault said, "I think it would be devastating for us at this time when we're looking for a lot of new people to be moving to our community (with the expected closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station)."
School Board member Bob Morrison, reading a prepared statement, called the plan "totalitarian," asserting a difference between schools and factories and how they should be run.
Board member Dugan Slovenski asked if Gendron was proposing similar cuts to her own administrative staff, and vice chairwoman Eileen Murphy urged residents to contact their legislative representatives to express their opinion about the plan.
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Times Record, January 11, 2007
(excerpt) He warned the plan could mean a higher per-student cost for Brunswick, possible budget cuts that would affect teaching staff, and a potential clash of educational philosophies between Brunswick, Freeport and the towns of School Administrative District 75 that would share one administrative office and one school board under the proposed plan.
"I hope everyone listening knows that local doesn't mean what local means for us today," Ashe said.
Ashe also criticized the governor and Education Commissioner Susan Gendron for producing a plan that glossed over the loss of more than 600 teachers, hundreds of jobs for administrative office staff and the educational impact of superintendents.
Handing out copies of Gendron's Power Point presentation promoting the plan, Ashe said, "To me, this a political sell job right here."
School Board members, in keeping with Ashe's comments, also criticized the plan for proposing to relinquish control of Brunswick schools to a regional board and jeopardizing a system they've worked to make economical and educationally effective.
"To lose our local control," board member Corinne Perreault said, "I think it would be devastating for us at this time when we're looking for a lot of new people to be moving to our community (with the expected closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station)."
School Board member Bob Morrison, reading a prepared statement, called the plan "totalitarian," asserting a difference between schools and factories and how they should be run.
Board member Dugan Slovenski asked if Gendron was proposing similar cuts to her own administrative staff, and vice chairwoman Eileen Murphy urged residents to contact their legislative representatives to express their opinion about the plan.
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