School Administrative Reorganization
Release of the Suggested Model for Reorganizing School Units

May 21, 2007

Suggested Model Now Available Online

 
The suggested model for reorganizing school units, including maps, lists, criteria, and other materials, is now posted on the Department website.  You will see links to it from the homepage, or you can go to http://www.maine.gov/education/supportingschools.

This model was prepared at the request of legislative leadership and was developed based on the draft language of the proposal from the Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on education.  We hope it will prove a useful tool to legislators as they deliberate on a final version of school administrative reorganization, and to school administrators, parents, community members and others as they begin to envision how their school units could be shaped in the future.

The Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee is hearing from Commissioner Susan Gendron this afternoon about the model.  In addition, Sen. Elizabeth Mitchell is presenting to the committee the results of the past few weeks' discussions (since the Appropriations subcommittee presented draft legislation April 11) by a working group convened by legislative leadership - including representatives of the Appropriations and Education committees, rural legislators and others - regarding revised reorganization legislation.