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of Portland, ME
Oct 17, 2008 9:34 PM
Folks, I went to one of these small rural school districts that consolidation opponents say are so superior. No art, no shop, no home economics (all canceled during K-8), no class trips, no elements of scale for proper school sports, only one foreign language, obsolete books, multi-media (yeah, right!)...can't believe these dinosaurs are fighting for the status quo.report abusedd
of Waterville, ME
Oct 17, 2008 8:13 PM
Auditor has it right, all people want to do is complain, but given a chance to cut back on adminstrative cost in each town all are up in arms. Come on People lets try it I also think towns like WTVL, Winslow should have one school system. These two school graduated less then 300 kids last year. We can't afford to support separate school the size of these communities. We are doing many things together now what is the problem?report abuseAuditor
of Scarborough, ME
We are all complaining about high cost of government (State and your own town).
Everyone thought the world would end in the 60s when the SADs and SEUs were formed - it did not...
"Maine - life the way it should be" - complain and no change is our real mottoreport abuse
Oct 17, 2008 5:20 PM
OK, what's YOUR idea to improve education and reduce the cost?
We are all complaining about high cost of government (State and your own town).
Everyone thought the world would end in the 60s when the SADs and SEUs were formed - it did not...
"Maine - life the way it should be" - complain and no change is our real mottoreport abuse
sunny
of Palermo, ME
Oct 17, 2008 4:50 PM
No democracy in a vote that tells you do it my or you lose state funding and maybe your school's certification. Now they want to cut 10% on top of the consolidation plan,laid out by you know who!!!report abuseYou must be a registered user of MaineToday.com to post a comment. Register or log in.
