BDN Letter to Editor shows MHPC research getting out there
Good to know folks are reading our stuff. The following Letter to the Editor, appearing in today’s Bangor Daily News, borrows heavily from our report on the Sinclair Act. A […]
Read More →Sinclair Act recalled by current consolidation efforts
Today’s Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal feature a story on the Sinclair Act which makes use of quite a bit of MHPC research, as in the following clip: Bob Whytock […]
Read More →Consolidation law repeal effort gaining support
The Maine Department of Education has gone out of its way to insist that all is well with the current school district consolidation effort. The movement to repeal the bill, […]
Read More →Lincoln County News: Consolidation work “nightmarish”
I post this story because I think this may be the first time the word “nightmarish” has shown up in the newspapers in a story about current efforts to consolidate […]
Read More →KeepMECurrent: Raymond residents fear loss of school choice
Seems folks are starting to wake up to the real threat to school choice posed by the current consolidation effort: Raymond’s abuzz with school choice, consolidation By Elizabeth Raffaele “It’s […]
Read More →Maine Education Association spends $1000 in Utah
An AP wire story out yesterday revealed that “The Utah Education Association received small donations from teacher unions in Wyoming, Colorado, Ohio and Maine” in support of its efforts to […]
Read More →SeacoastOnline: Dept. of Ed to use special legislation to make consolidation work
The following piece from Seacoast Online is more revealing than it seems. The new school district consolidation law contains a provision that exempts a school district from having to consolidate […]
Read More →Republican Journal: SAD 56 considers joining anti-consolidation effort
Resistance is growing! SEARSPORT — SAD 56 school board members discussed joining an effort opposing the state’s school district consolidation law Tuesday, but decided to take no action until more […]
Read More →WCSH News: Will “Town Academies” Survive School Consolidation?
An outstanding report was done by Don Carrigan of WCSH this past week on the likely impact that consolidation efforts will have on the town academies. Text below is from […]
Read More →BDN: Effort opposing consolidation moves forward
By Rich Hewitt Wednesday, September 05, 2007 – Bangor Daily News STONINGTON, Maine – With backing from 28 communities and more expected to join, a grass-roots effort to overturn the […]
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