SAD 9, partners crafting new unit
Kennebec Journal, February 12, 2008
(excerpt) Another step toward the goal of forming a new regional school district will come under scrutiny by School Administrative District 9 directors tonight when they meet at the Mt. Blue High School library.
Board members are being asked for permission to submit a merger plan for legal review before being submitted by a late March deadline to the Maine Department of Education.
That plan was approved Thursday night by the regional planning committee made up of representatives of SAD 9, neighboring SAD 58, and Highland and Coplin plantations.
The entities are hammering out a blueprint merging all four into one regional school unit.
The committee meetings have occasionally produced differing opinions over some specifics of the plan. One issue that had drawn sharp criticism was a 60-percent requirement for any motion by the future regional school board to pass.
That requirement was recently rejected, leaving only a simple majority needed for passage of any motion.
While mandated consolidation is seen by state authorities as a means of saving education dollars, the committee's plan actually projects costs to increase by more than $70,000.
(excerpt) Another step toward the goal of forming a new regional school district will come under scrutiny by School Administrative District 9 directors tonight when they meet at the Mt. Blue High School library.
Board members are being asked for permission to submit a merger plan for legal review before being submitted by a late March deadline to the Maine Department of Education.
That plan was approved Thursday night by the regional planning committee made up of representatives of SAD 9, neighboring SAD 58, and Highland and Coplin plantations.
The entities are hammering out a blueprint merging all four into one regional school unit.
The committee meetings have occasionally produced differing opinions over some specifics of the plan. One issue that had drawn sharp criticism was a 60-percent requirement for any motion by the future regional school board to pass.
That requirement was recently rejected, leaving only a simple majority needed for passage of any motion.
While mandated consolidation is seen by state authorities as a means of saving education dollars, the committee's plan actually projects costs to increase by more than $70,000.
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