State ed director to meet with SAD 5/50 on merger
Courier Gazette, May 23, 2008
(excerpt) The state education commissioner is scheduled to meet next month with the committee that is trying to come up with a consolidation plan for School Administrative Districts 5 and 50.
The McLain School in Rockland
The Wednesday, June 4 meeting will be held as the committee continues to wrestle with how to devise a cost-sharing formula that will be acceptable to the two districts. As presently designed, a merger of the two districts would result in Rockland being required to raise at least an additional $700,000 in property taxes and South Thomaston an additional $200,000.
That shift in costs worries some committee members who fear it could result in the consolidation being defeated at the polls.
Susan Gendron has agreed to meet with the committee to discuss a variety of issues related to the proposed consolidation, noted SAD 50 Board Chairwoman Jamie Doubleday. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at the McLain School in Rockland.
The meeting scheduled this week by the committee to discuss the cost-sharing formula was postponed because of a lack of a quorum. Several members were unable to attend.
(excerpt) The state education commissioner is scheduled to meet next month with the committee that is trying to come up with a consolidation plan for School Administrative Districts 5 and 50.
The McLain School in Rockland
The Wednesday, June 4 meeting will be held as the committee continues to wrestle with how to devise a cost-sharing formula that will be acceptable to the two districts. As presently designed, a merger of the two districts would result in Rockland being required to raise at least an additional $700,000 in property taxes and South Thomaston an additional $200,000.
That shift in costs worries some committee members who fear it could result in the consolidation being defeated at the polls.
Susan Gendron has agreed to meet with the committee to discuss a variety of issues related to the proposed consolidation, noted SAD 50 Board Chairwoman Jamie Doubleday. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at the McLain School in Rockland.
The meeting scheduled this week by the committee to discuss the cost-sharing formula was postponed because of a lack of a quorum. Several members were unable to attend.
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