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Chronology October 2007 Many Mainers are embracing consolidation repeal / Karlene Hale. Capital Weekly. School system consolidation targeted in dozens of bill requests / Francis Quinn. Boston Globe. 10/ 10/07 Gendron backs changes in merger cost sharing rules / Victoria Wallack. State House News Service. 10/10/07 Gendron holds merger power, but is it too much? / Paul Carrier. Portland Press Herald. 10/9/07 School consolidation : districts grapple with provision in law on budgets / Beth Quimby and Kelley Bouchard. Kennebec Journal. 10/8/07 Gendron: some schools are hit too hard. Keith Edwards. Portland Press Herald. 10/5/07 September 2007 Consolidation ups price for some school districts / Lewiston Sun Journal. 9/28/07 State tells schools to finish RSU plans / Walter Griffin. Bangor Daily News. 9/26/07 Critics target school mergers / Paul Carrier. Maine Sunday Telegram. 9/23/07 School districts with failed pland look to state / Beth Quimby. Portland Press Herald. 9/16/07 Most school merger plans on track / Beth Quimby. Portland Press Herald. 9/14/07 Some school districts fail on merger plans. Portland Press Herald. 9/13/07 Group advances bid to repeal schools law / Bangor Daily News. 9/10/07 Municipal perspective on school reorganization / Douglas Rooks . Maine Townsman. Aug/Sept 2007 State has 2 weeks to study school consolidation plans. Bangor Daily News. 9/6/07 Effort opposing consolidation moves forward. Bangor Daily News. 9/5/07 267 school districts pass in assigned consolidation plans : The letters of intent in many cases express more than one possibility / Paul Carrier. Portland Press Herald. 9/1/07 August 2007 School districts get legal primer / Victoria Wallack. Brunswick Times Record. 8/2/07 July 2007 School consolidation : repeal effort stalls / Susan Cover. Kennebec Journal. 7/10/07 June 2007 School consolidation, Part XXXX of Appropriation Committee's Amendment "A" to LD 499. 6/4/07 New era for school consolidation / Douglas Rooks. Maine Townsman. 6/2007 Compromise amendment passes in House, sent to Senate / Glenn Adams. Boston.com. 6/6/07 Sen. Martin blasts spending to lobby school legislation / Mal Leary. Bangor Daily News. 6/6/07 Governor asks citizen support as final push begins. Boston.com. 6/2/2007 Budget deal sewn up in committee. Lewiston Sun Journal. 6/1/2007. School consolidation plan goes to full Legislature. MMA Legislative Bulletin. 6/1/2007 May 2007 The suggested model for reorganizing school units, including maps, lists, criteria, and other material. Posted on the Department of Education website. 5/21/07 Panel synthesizing consolidation proposals / Keith Edwards. Kennebec Journal. 5/24/2007. State adjusts school reforms / Jessica Alaimo. Lewiston Sun-Journal. 5/22/2007. Agreement on new school plan may prove elusive / Victoria Wallack. Ellsworth American. 5/10/07.Competing consolidation plans? No problem. Consolidate them / Stephen Bowen. Kennebec Journal. 5/10/07 School district merger plan remains a work in progress / Victoria Wallack. Brunswick Times Record. 5/9/07 The school district puzzle / Beth Quimby. Portland Press Herald. 5/7/2007 Governor stands by goals for school savings and tax relief / Gov. Baldacci. Maine Sunday Telegram. 5/6/2007 Blended approach gains favor / Larry Grard. Morning Sentinel. 5/5/2007. Group strives to alter school reform package for Maine / Victoria Wallack. Brunswick Times Record. 5/2/2007. April 2007 Schools begin consolidation talks / Elizabeth Comeau. Kennebec Journal. 4/15/07 State proposes cutting sports funding / Nok-Noi Hauger. Bangor Daily News. 4/13/07 Consolidation : newest version already troubled / Victoria Wallack. State House News Service. 4/11/07 Rural lawmakers line up against the latest consolidation plan / Victoria Wallack. Brunswick Times Record. 4/10/07 Panel : cut districts to 80 by July '08 / Keith Edwards. Kennebec Journal. 4/10/07 Appropriations gets school report. Kennebec Journal. 4/9/07 School district plans vetted / Beth LaMontagne. Portsmouth Herald. 4/2/07 March 2007 School consolidation, the sequel: New bipartisan plan emerges / Victoria Wallack. State House News Service. 3/28/07 State releases money projections to schools / Bonnie Washuk. Lewiston Sun-Journal. 3/28/07 Plan sets '08 deadline for consolidation / Keith Edwards. Kennebec Journal. 3/24/07 District merger talks simmer / Victoria Wallack. Brunswick Times Record. 3/20/07 State has controlling interest in schools / John W. Porter. Maine Sunday Telegram. 3/18/07 Gendron: This plan state's best approach / Keith Edwards. Kennebec Journal. 3/14/07 School district consolidation plan evolving / Victoria Wallack. Brunswick Times Record. 3/5/07 February 2007 Plan stirs fear about fate of schools' assets / Beth Quimby. Portland Press Herald. 2/16/07 Nutting: Cut fat before schools / Susan M. Cover. Kennebec Journal. 2/14/07 The School consolidation debate in Maine. Maine Watch, MPBN. 2/9/07 (several earlier video or audio broadcasts are also available) Committees get earful on school consolidation plans / Glenn Adams. Associated Press. 2/6/07 Schools plan draws crowd / Bonnie Washuk. Lewiston Sun Journal. 2/6/07 Baldacci plan would cut money for teachers. Associated Press. 2/5/07 Reorganization plan calls for higher student-teacher ratios / Clarke Canfield. Boston Globe. 2/4/07 Baldacci puts political clout to test / Paul Carrier. Maine Sunday Telegram. 2/4/07 State board backs schools plan deadline / Susan M. Cover. Kennebec Journal. 2/2/07 Baldacci vows to 'fight hard' for school reform proposal / Beth Brogan. Brunswick Times Record. 2/1/07 January 2007 Gendron makes case for reform / Beth Brogan. Brunswick Times Record. 1/23/07 Baldacci school plan has competition / Beth Quimby. Portland Press Herald. 1/14/07 Baldacci: schools must cut spending / Susan M. Cover. 1/18/07 November 2006 |
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