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January 09, 2007
Baldacci's Plan on Schools
Got to give the guy credit. This plan takes some guts.
AUGUSTA - Maine’s nearly 300 school boards would stay on in an advisory capacity during a transition to a system in which the state would be broken into 26 administrative regions if a law creating the regional boards passes, the Baldacci administration said Monday.I've never understood why Maine has so many school districts, and if cutting the numbers leads to some savings, then I'm willing to hear the governor out on this one.That and other details of the sweeping proposal to reduce the number of school administrative units and central offices in Maine from 152 to 26 so-called regional centers emerged as officials continued detailing the sweeping plan.
The regionalization proposal is part of Gov. John Baldacci’s two-year budget, which he says would result in a quarter billion dollars in state and local savings in the first three years of implementation starting in July 2008.
He's going to have a heck of a fight, and I hope the Republicans in the Legislature are more interested in finding a solution than simply opposing for opposition's sake.
Posted by slublog at January 9, 2007 12:00 AM
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