MCI-SAD 53 panel promotes school choice
Bangor Daily News, February 7, 2008
(excerpt) The advisory committee for SAD 53 and Maine Central Institute is recommending that once consolidation plans are complete between SADs 53 and 59, high school students in both districts can choose whether they wish to attend MCI or Madison Area High School.
"Although the likelihood of students attending a high school different from the one they currently attend is not high, the possibility for that to occur would be enabled by policy adoption," SAD 53-59 Superintendent Michael Gallagher said Wednesday.
The policy would be an inter-regional open enrollment plan, similar to one that already is in place in SAD 59 on the elementary level.
The policy would have to be approved by the MCI board of trustees and both school boards and would become effective once SADs 53 and 59 become a single regional school unit.
Gallagher said that one of the exciting elements of the open attendance plan is that telecommuting could become an important part of a student's curriculum.
"For example, if a student at one school wanted to take a class not offered there but offered at the other high school, audio-video conferencing - distance learning - could put them right in the class without leaving their home school," Gallagher said. "It is a great opportunity."
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Bangor Daily News, February 7, 2008
(excerpt) The advisory committee for SAD 53 and Maine Central Institute is recommending that once consolidation plans are complete between SADs 53 and 59, high school students in both districts can choose whether they wish to attend MCI or Madison Area High School.
"Although the likelihood of students attending a high school different from the one they currently attend is not high, the possibility for that to occur would be enabled by policy adoption," SAD 53-59 Superintendent Michael Gallagher said Wednesday.
The policy would be an inter-regional open enrollment plan, similar to one that already is in place in SAD 59 on the elementary level.
The policy would have to be approved by the MCI board of trustees and both school boards and would become effective once SADs 53 and 59 become a single regional school unit.
Gallagher said that one of the exciting elements of the open attendance plan is that telecommuting could become an important part of a student's curriculum.
"For example, if a student at one school wanted to take a class not offered there but offered at the other high school, audio-video conferencing - distance learning - could put them right in the class without leaving their home school," Gallagher said. "It is a great opportunity."
This article is not available online. It is excerpted here because of its local interest. We offer this excerpt in the belief that such use of this material falls within fair use guidelines. Back issues of newspapers are available at local libraries. Please support your local newspapers!
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