Madison: Two distant districts work toward merger
Bangor Daily News, September 29, 2007
(excerpt) The announcement last Friday that SAD 53 will not pursue consolidation with SADs 38 and 48, but rather will focus on SAD 59, came as a surprise to many since the two districts are a distance away from each other.
But officials said this week that it will be the sharing of services and administrations, not schools or students, that will allow the entities to become one school unit.
"Distance is not an issue in this," SAD 53 Superintendent Michael Gallagher said.
The plan does not call for moving students or blending schools. "It would be a consolidation of administration," he said.
SAD 53 represents Burnham, Detroit and Pittsfield along the Sebasticook River valley, while SAD 59 includes Madison, Starks, Athens and Brighton Plantation.
SAD 59 Superintendent Sandra MacArthur said Wednesday that, apart from the distance, the two districts some common ground. "We have very similar philosophies on what we value," she said.
(excerpt) The announcement last Friday that SAD 53 will not pursue consolidation with SADs 38 and 48, but rather will focus on SAD 59, came as a surprise to many since the two districts are a distance away from each other.
But officials said this week that it will be the sharing of services and administrations, not schools or students, that will allow the entities to become one school unit.
"Distance is not an issue in this," SAD 53 Superintendent Michael Gallagher said.
The plan does not call for moving students or blending schools. "It would be a consolidation of administration," he said.
SAD 53 represents Burnham, Detroit and Pittsfield along the Sebasticook River valley, while SAD 59 includes Madison, Starks, Athens and Brighton Plantation.
SAD 59 Superintendent Sandra MacArthur said Wednesday that, apart from the distance, the two districts some common ground. "We have very similar philosophies on what we value," she said.
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