State of Maine Legislature
Summary of LD 139 Bill Info |
| LD 139 (HP 121) |
| "An Act To Eliminate the Penalty for Schools That Did Not Reorganize" |
| Sponsored by Representative Peter Edgecomb |
| Status Summary | ||
| Reference Committee | Education and Cultural Affairs | |
| Last House Action | 6/8/2011 - PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. | |
| Last Senate Action | 6/8/2011 - Under suspension of the Rules PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence | |
| Last Engrossed by House on | 6/7/2011 | |
| Last Engrossed by Senate on | 6/7/2011 | |
| Governor Action | Signed by the Governor | |
| Chapter | 328 | |
| Final Law Type | Public Law | |
| Date | 6/14/2011 |
Satisfaction! Gratitude! Hope! (1)
ReplyDeleteI am not concerened at all, and happy that this has changed the consolidation law.
ReplyDeleteBut that only covers schools that did not reorganize, yes? (2)
ReplyDeleteConcerned for MLDay school.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anonymous (9:35PM) - ML Day is going to be left in the lurch if Arundel pulls out of the RSU. Between teachers' salaries, maintenance of the building and then the costs of transportation for this school and TAMS + tuition, it would be foolish to throw away all the work that has been done.
ReplyDeletePeople seem to forget it isn't as easy as they think....we don't just pull out and go back to what we were.
ReplyDeleteWe have to keep the teachers salaries yes, but we also have to buy back our buses...
buy back our school...with the added costs of the fixing they have done to it.
I would sincerely hope that we would maintain the educational standards of GT and RTI and Foreign Language...the first two are state mandated classes that we were supposed to have before but did not.
Not to mention we will need to hire a new principal.
If people want to stay on our own, which has been indicated from time to time, we would need to hire a part time superintendent and his secretary.....
If we decide to merge with another district we would have to have that plan in place...which took RSU 21 over a year to iron out all the details of.
OH and don't forget everyone....when all your costs are fixed except K-5, the only place that you can cut is in K-5...and I am pretty sure that would be detrimental to ML Day and I have very little doubt it would be able to stay open.
These are just things to think about... (No anger here, just things that I have been struggling with during this debate) and having kids at ML Day and knowing what a center it is to our community I find it very difficult to put it in such a precarious spot. (4) I have not posted here yet I assume I can put 4?