Alison Williamson: Orono panels make poor consolidation choice
Bangor Daily News, December 17, 2007
(excerpt) By their own admission, ORPC members received "reams of information" from August through November, which must have come from Veazie and Glenburn because nothing was received from Old Town, Alton, Greenbush, Milford and Bradley. By their own admission, ORPC members did not review any of it. Multiple times, committee members complained about information overload and openly admitted they had not read what they received.
Further exacerbating the situation, Orono representatives have not received any financial data from the state upon which to base a decision. The prevailing reason committee members gave against committing to the smaller Orono-Veazie-Glenburn configuration was concern over sustainability. Without appropriate data to analyze, one cannot make an argument for or against financial sustainability of either configuration. More students does not always ensure better sustainability. The Orono representatives had no information with regard to the schools in Old Town, Alton, Bradley, Milford and Greenbush except that the majority are lower performing academically.
(excerpt) By their own admission, ORPC members received "reams of information" from August through November, which must have come from Veazie and Glenburn because nothing was received from Old Town, Alton, Greenbush, Milford and Bradley. By their own admission, ORPC members did not review any of it. Multiple times, committee members complained about information overload and openly admitted they had not read what they received.
Further exacerbating the situation, Orono representatives have not received any financial data from the state upon which to base a decision. The prevailing reason committee members gave against committing to the smaller Orono-Veazie-Glenburn configuration was concern over sustainability. Without appropriate data to analyze, one cannot make an argument for or against financial sustainability of either configuration. More students does not always ensure better sustainability. The Orono representatives had no information with regard to the schools in Old Town, Alton, Bradley, Milford and Greenbush except that the majority are lower performing academically.
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