Consolidation Information and Updates
Regional Planning Committee
FINAL CONSOLIDATION PLAN
Click here to download the final copy of the consolidation plan between MSAD #4, MSAD #46, Harmony, and Willimantic. The Department of Education verbally approved the plan on December 3. There will be a public hearing on January 14, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Piscataquis Community Middle School. The referendum vote is scheduled for January 27, 2009 for citizens to vote to approve or not approve the plan. The voting will take place in your individual town.
Hard copy versions of the plan are available at the SAD #4 Superintendent's Office (876-3444).
MDI has a very comprehensive school consolidation website.
Perceptions and Process: Early Findings from
a Study of School District Consolidation in Maine
Report to Penquis Superintendents
"School Consolidation Picture Not as Rosy as State Paints." Steven Bowen is a former teacher and is the director of the Center for Education Excellence at the Maine Heritage Policy Center.
Where Next?
School District Reorganization in Maine One Year Later
by Gordon Donaldson of the University of Maine.