State of Maine Statute pertaining to the withdrawal of a single school unit from an RSU. Click on STATUTE to view the most recent version of the state rules pertaining to withdrawal.
Tuesday,
April 10, 2012 the Town of Arundel will be holding a Special Town
Meeting to vote by Secret Ballot on a petition to withdraw from RSU#21.
Please click on the work WARRANT to view the Secret Ballot Referendum warrant and question.
Absentee
Ballots are now available for the April 10, 2012 Special Town Meeting
Referendum Election on a petition to withdraw from RSU #21. Please
click on the word application for a copy.
Time to break up RSU
ReplyDeleteMarch 08, 2012 8:37 AM
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120308-OPINION-120309776
To the Editor:
A merger with all the good intentions of reducing costs has failed, a district that funds itself, not on the basis of our ability to pay, but one that assesses its expenses, on the percentage of students from each town. The school millage rate per thousand is $2.74 for Kennebunkport, $10.13 for Arundel, and $10.53 in Kennebunk. If you have a home assessed at $300,000 in Arundel you are paying school taxes of $3,039, that same home in Kennebunkport you would be paying $822.
The district is unable to function in a fiscally responsible manner, because of an agreement that seeks to keep open schools that are structurally unsound and no longer needed, but meet an outdated norm that we need neighborhood schools. A town like Kennebunkport would have you believe that Consolidated School is the thread that holds the community together, but when it comes to paying for the repairs estimated at $4 million-plus, we (Arundel and Kennebunk) would pay 70 percent of that cost.
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I completely disagree with the author of this letter. This merger has most definitely saved Arundel money while raising the bar on education. There is factual information out there that proves Arundel's mil rate would still be the same if we withdraw, our cost of education would actually be more, and the past has proven that Arundel will have to lower the bar on education again because that is the only place we can make cuts. Kennebunkport's mil rate will always be lower because they have fewer students and again this would be the same if they stood alone. It has nothing to do with consolidating and everything to do with the State calculations, if you don't like it feel free to complain to your representatives and congressman. Call commissioner Bowen...
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