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Merger results mixed
by Outspoken on Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:59 am
Merger results mixed
BY COLIN HICKEY
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
SAD 47 Superintendent James C. Morse Sr. didn't know what to expect Tuesday night when residents in five towns voted on whether SAD 47 and China should form a regional school unit.
The answer turned out to be "yes" in each community.
Morse couldn't have been more pleased.
"I think it sends a strong message out to all five communities," he said, "that everybody is on board."
The four towns in SAD 47 approved consolidation 4,275 to 3,668. In China the margin was much greater: 1,701 to 563.
SAD 47 and China weren't the only school systems to get their consolidation plan approved.
Newport-based SAD 48 and SAD 38, which covers Etna and Dixmont, will partner to become a regional school unit after all eight towns involved voted in favor of the move, although by small margins in most.
In the town of Etna, for example, the vote was 295-280.
"Probably the key to (approval) was nobody wanted to suffer the loss or penalties that would have been put on them (if they hadn't consolidated)," SAD 48 Superintendent William P. Braun said.
Braun said the fact that SAD 48 and SAD 38 have worked together for more than 40 years and share costs in many areas also played a big role in the vote.
But it was a much different story in Franklin County.
Farmington-based SAD 9 and SAD 58, which has its central office in Kingfield, rejected a plan to consolidate by more than 2,000 votes.
SAD 9 Assistant Superintendent Susan Pratt said she wasn't surprised by the results. Pratt said the district is working on developing an alternative consolidation plan, the most likely of which would be forming an RSU within the existing school system.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5579166.html
BY COLIN HICKEY
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
SAD 47 Superintendent James C. Morse Sr. didn't know what to expect Tuesday night when residents in five towns voted on whether SAD 47 and China should form a regional school unit.
The answer turned out to be "yes" in each community.
Morse couldn't have been more pleased.
"I think it sends a strong message out to all five communities," he said, "that everybody is on board."
The four towns in SAD 47 approved consolidation 4,275 to 3,668. In China the margin was much greater: 1,701 to 563.
SAD 47 and China weren't the only school systems to get their consolidation plan approved.
Newport-based SAD 48 and SAD 38, which covers Etna and Dixmont, will partner to become a regional school unit after all eight towns involved voted in favor of the move, although by small margins in most.
In the town of Etna, for example, the vote was 295-280.
"Probably the key to (approval) was nobody wanted to suffer the loss or penalties that would have been put on them (if they hadn't consolidated)," SAD 48 Superintendent William P. Braun said.
Braun said the fact that SAD 48 and SAD 38 have worked together for more than 40 years and share costs in many areas also played a big role in the vote.
But it was a much different story in Franklin County.
Farmington-based SAD 9 and SAD 58, which has its central office in Kingfield, rejected a plan to consolidate by more than 2,000 votes.
SAD 9 Assistant Superintendent Susan Pratt said she wasn't surprised by the results. Pratt said the district is working on developing an alternative consolidation plan, the most likely of which would be forming an RSU within the existing school system.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5579166.html
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