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Towns ink merger
by Outspoken on Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:17 am
Towns ink merger
BY MATTHEW STONE
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
READFIELD -- The first phase of work is done for representatives from six towns proposing to merge their schools in response to Maine's school-district consolidation law.
Fayette, Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield, Wayne and Winthrop school boards voted Wednesday night to send a 32-page plan laying out merger details to the state.
The six towns' residents will have their chance to vote on it in a referendum Jan. 27, 2009.
All but one of the seven board votes at Wednesday's meeting were unanimous. Winthrop's board voted 3-1 to submit the plan, with member Joseph Pietroski dissenting.
"I think it's important that we have time to flesh out where the savings are," he said.
Submitting the merger plan caps 18 months of planning the new district. The work paused for much of the summer as the towns' school boards debated whether to adopt an alternative structure or stick with the conventional regional school unit design.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5601614.html
BY MATTHEW STONE
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
READFIELD -- The first phase of work is done for representatives from six towns proposing to merge their schools in response to Maine's school-district consolidation law.
Fayette, Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield, Wayne and Winthrop school boards voted Wednesday night to send a 32-page plan laying out merger details to the state.
The six towns' residents will have their chance to vote on it in a referendum Jan. 27, 2009.
All but one of the seven board votes at Wednesday's meeting were unanimous. Winthrop's board voted 3-1 to submit the plan, with member Joseph Pietroski dissenting.
"I think it's important that we have time to flesh out where the savings are," he said.
Submitting the merger plan caps 18 months of planning the new district. The work paused for much of the summer as the towns' school boards debated whether to adopt an alternative structure or stick with the conventional regional school unit design.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5601614.html
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