East Machias to battle state on school plan
Bangor Daily News, August 30, 2007
(excerpts) They’re ready to do battle with a state they say is wrong.
Their weapon: the court system.
Their objection: a statewide school consolidation plan they maintain is going to "injure" their school.
This community of 1,000 residents is "damn mad" about the state’s plan to consolidate school districts, which they say will do more harm than good, and they plan to sue the state to stop it.
"This just burns me up," school board Chairman Bucket Davis said Tuesday
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"Dammit, they expect you to turn your keys, your deeds your identity and everything over, even your surplus," Davis said of the new law. "They won’t get our surplus because I’ll have the voters spend it."
Despite its opposition to the plan, East Machias has filed its required notice of intent. "The law requires me as a school board member to proceed with due diligence and I will do so as a member of the school committee," Rensema said.
(excerpts) They’re ready to do battle with a state they say is wrong.
Their weapon: the court system.
Their objection: a statewide school consolidation plan they maintain is going to "injure" their school.
This community of 1,000 residents is "damn mad" about the state’s plan to consolidate school districts, which they say will do more harm than good, and they plan to sue the state to stop it.
"This just burns me up," school board Chairman Bucket Davis said Tuesday
....
"Dammit, they expect you to turn your keys, your deeds your identity and everything over, even your surplus," Davis said of the new law. "They won’t get our surplus because I’ll have the voters spend it."
Despite its opposition to the plan, East Machias has filed its required notice of intent. "The law requires me as a school board member to proceed with due diligence and I will do so as a member of the school committee," Rensema said.
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