Gendron sees merger numbers meeting state goals
Statehouse News Service, December 12, 2007
(excerpt) The intent of the law is to reduce the number of districts statewide to fewer than 80, not including island and tribal schools. The school consolidation law passed earlier this year says districts must have 2,500 students or more, where possible, but no less than 1,200.
“When you see that in several cases we received separate plans from units that have agreed to come together, and 13 plans are for less than 1,200 students, which is not allowed under the law, I would expect that the 86 configurations in hand or expected will drop to somewhere between 70 and 80 regional school units,” Gendron said.
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There already were 15 districts in the state that exceeded the 2,500 limit and 12 that fall between 1,200 and 2,500. They have submitted what’s being called “alternative plans” that do not include reorganization.
Fourteen reorganization plans submitted would create districts of 2,500 or more and 23 reorganization plans would create districts of between 1,200 and 2,500. There were also four districts already under 1,200 that want to stay the way they are and nine reorganization plans that would create new districts that still fall below the 1,200 mark.
(excerpt) The intent of the law is to reduce the number of districts statewide to fewer than 80, not including island and tribal schools. The school consolidation law passed earlier this year says districts must have 2,500 students or more, where possible, but no less than 1,200.
“When you see that in several cases we received separate plans from units that have agreed to come together, and 13 plans are for less than 1,200 students, which is not allowed under the law, I would expect that the 86 configurations in hand or expected will drop to somewhere between 70 and 80 regional school units,” Gendron said.
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There already were 15 districts in the state that exceeded the 2,500 limit and 12 that fall between 1,200 and 2,500. They have submitted what’s being called “alternative plans” that do not include reorganization.
Fourteen reorganization plans submitted would create districts of 2,500 or more and 23 reorganization plans would create districts of between 1,200 and 2,500. There were also four districts already under 1,200 that want to stay the way they are and nine reorganization plans that would create new districts that still fall below the 1,200 mark.
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