Tuesday, January 31, 2012

K’port forming RSU withdrawal committee

By MATT KIERNAN
Staff Writer
KENNEBUNKPORT — The board of selectmen is seeking residents to volunteer for a committee that will research the feasibility of the town withdrawing from Regional School Unit 21.

The RSU 21 school board’s decision to reopen discussions on the district’s cost-sharing formula between Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel caused the selectmen Thursday to decide to form the seven-member committee, said Selectmen Chairman Stuart Barwise.

“What we’re doing arises from, and only from, the repeated frustrations with cost-sharing,” Barwise said at the selectmen’s meeting in the Village Fire Station.

The board will consist of five town residents, Town Manager Larry Mead and a selectman, yet to be appointed. Candidates will be appointed at the selectmen’s next meeting on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Village Fire Station.

Barwise said members will examine the educational, financial and management implications of leaving the district.
 
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