Lawmakers get earful on consolidation, Bangor Daily News, December 13, 2007
School district consolidation repeal petition over half way complete, MaineCoastNow.com, December 13, 2007
Consolidation permeates 2008 legislative agenda;
State House: Jails and school districts already are on the table; resource agencies may join them,
Portland Press Herald,
December 9, 2007
Schools are meeting consolidation targets, Bangor Daily News,
December 8, 2007
Consolidation; State reviews school plans,
Kennebec Journal,
December 8, 2007
Petition to repeal school law filling up, Bangor Daily News, December 5, 2007
Many school consolidation plans come up short,
Kennebec Journal, December 1, 2007
State tries to soften blow from school plan:
But consolidation critics say letting communities decide their own
cost sharing isn't enough and it could get messy, Portland Press Herald, November 27, 2007
As deadline looms, some schools still lack partner:
Some districts are isolated as 'doughnut holes,' as neighboring districts have already aligned,
Portland Press Herald,
The Associated Press, November 25, 2007
Leaders apprehensive about school law, Bangor Daily News, November 21, 2007
School merger changes offered, TimesRecord,
11/16/2007
Consolidation Offers Incentives For Bus Transportation Savings,
Ellsworth American,
11/15/2007
Rural schools fight merger plan, Morning Sentinel, 11/08/2007
Schools key to rural community,
Bangor Daily News, November 5, 2007
Some districts delay hiring administrators:
Uncertainty caused by consolidation law cited, MaineCoastNow.com,
November 2, 2007
Consolidation repeal campaign begins,
Bangor Daily News, October 29, 2007
January school merger vote unlikely for most districts, KeepMeCurrent.com, October 24, 2007
Consolidation complicates issue of teachers' pay:
As school mergers play out, varying scales will have to be
reconciled, and that could be costly,
Portland Press Herald,
October 21, 2007
School district officials question budget process, Sun Journal, October 19, 2007
Wording approved for petition to thwart law,
Times Record,
October 17, 2007
New law's staffing, savings mandates clash,
Times Record,
October 17, 2007
Gendron talks school consolidation with business community in Bangor, Bangor Daily News, Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Revisiting the Sinclair Act:
School consolidation of 1957 was spurred by quality concerns, Kennebec Journal, October 15, 2007
School budgets get new rules, Lewiston Sun Journal, October 15, 2007
School districts struggle to reduce transportation bill;
Administrators say they've already cut inefficiencies and may have
to eliminate some bus service,
Portland Press Herald,
October 14, 2007
Is school law OK? Bills seek changes;
Critics say the flurry of bills shows the merger law is widely
disliked, but others say that's a minority view,
Portland Press Herald,
October 13, 2007
Law Lacks Provision for Leaving Your District,
Ellsworth American, October 11, 2007
School consolidation moving slowly; some units lost in red tape,
Bangor Daily News, October 11, 2007
Gendron to ask for changes in Maine's schools squeeze law, TimesRecord.Com,
October 10, 2007
Gendron holds merger power, but is it too much?
Some say the law gives the education chief too much decision-making latitude,
Portland Press Herald,
October 9, 2007
Public votes on school budgets pose concerns;
The mechanics and costs of the new requirement to get resident
approvals worry municipal clerks,
Portland Press Herald,
October 8, 2007
Gendron: Some schools are hit too hard: The education chief says she'll push for flexibility when consolidation forces a cost burden on a system, Blethen Maine News Service, October 5, 2007
If budget doesn't pass, then what? Failure to approve school funding by July 1 under the new merger law could disrupt Portland finances, Portland Press Herald, October 3, 2007
Frustration on agenda in school merger discussions begin, Portland Press Herald, September 30, 2007
Researchers, bureaucrats, politicians left mark on law: Gov. Baldacci planted the idea of consolidating school districts in
2003, Portland Press Herald, September 30, 2007
Consolidation ups price for some school districts, September 29, 2007
Anti-consolidation Rally Postponed, Ellsworth American, September 27, 2007
'Barriers' discourage some school mergers, Portland Press Herald, September 27, 2007
State tells schools to finish RSU plans, Bangor Daily News, September 26, 2007
Critics target school mergers, Portland Press Herald, September 23, 2007
School districts may recover lost state subsidy funds, Falmouth Forecaster, September 20, 2007
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