Education panel backs consolidation changes
Bangor Daily News, January 12, 2008
(excerpt) Norton said a significant change gives the education commissioner flexibility in accepting school administrative units of fewer than 1,200 students. The existing law sets a minimum size of 1,200 with no exceptions.
Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said that change and others approved by the panel improve the law and she will recommend that Gov. John Baldacci support them.
"What this does is to bring clarity to the law," she said. "It also recognizes some of the geographical isolation that there is in the state of Maine."
Gendron said there are several areas of the state that will benefit from the change. She said communities in Washington, Aroostook and Somerset counties have proposed districts that fall just short of the 1,200 minimum.
(excerpt) Norton said a significant change gives the education commissioner flexibility in accepting school administrative units of fewer than 1,200 students. The existing law sets a minimum size of 1,200 with no exceptions.
Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said that change and others approved by the panel improve the law and she will recommend that Gov. John Baldacci support them.
"What this does is to bring clarity to the law," she said. "It also recognizes some of the geographical isolation that there is in the state of Maine."
Gendron said there are several areas of the state that will benefit from the change. She said communities in Washington, Aroostook and Somerset counties have proposed districts that fall just short of the 1,200 minimum.
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