Effort opposing consolidation moves forward
Bangor Daily News, September 5, 2007
(excerpt) With backing from 28 communities and more expected to join, a grass-roots effort to overturn the state’s school consolidation law will get under way this weekend.
Lawrence "Skip" Greenlaw Jr. of Stonington said he plans to hold an organizational meeting for those who have expressed an interest in working on a petition drive that would ask Maine legislators to repeal the law. That meeting is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor.
Greenlaw, a member of the Deer Isle-Stonington CSD school committee and a former state legislator, jump-started the repeal effort last month when he sent letters first to school committee chairs around the state, then to municipal officials, seeking their support and advice. The response was not overwhelming, Greenlaw said, but there was enough interest to move forward with the effort.
(excerpt) With backing from 28 communities and more expected to join, a grass-roots effort to overturn the state’s school consolidation law will get under way this weekend.
Lawrence "Skip" Greenlaw Jr. of Stonington said he plans to hold an organizational meeting for those who have expressed an interest in working on a petition drive that would ask Maine legislators to repeal the law. That meeting is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor.
Greenlaw, a member of the Deer Isle-Stonington CSD school committee and a former state legislator, jump-started the repeal effort last month when he sent letters first to school committee chairs around the state, then to municipal officials, seeking their support and advice. The response was not overwhelming, Greenlaw said, but there was enough interest to move forward with the effort.
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