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EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION, CENTRAL OFFICE CONSOLIDATION, AND DISTRICT REGIONALIZATION
Combining school systems for the benefit of all
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OUR APPROACH TO REGIONALIZATION Balancing the need for local control with educational
effectiveness and efficiency Taking the time to work out agreements that are in the
best interests of all (towns, schools, children, taxpayers)
Making sure that one thing is working before moving on to the next
Recognizing that consolidation and regionalization are done to improve education
Working to make sure that your students are getting the best possible education for the educational resources that are available.
Recognition of the importance of local control, local decision-making, local interests
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EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION
National Institute for School Leadership Response to Intervention Tools of the Mind Learning Walks
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CENTRAL OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
This year: Shared Special Education Administrative team Next year (beginning July 1st): Shared Superintendent of Schools Shared Assistant Superintendent for Teaching
Learning and Accountability (0.3 FTE) Shared Assistant Superintendent for Elementary
Education
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CENTRAL OFFICE CONSOLIDATION AND EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION: BENEFITS TO THE SCHOOLS
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REGIONALIZATION
Shared health insurance negotiations Regional Planning Committee has been
meeting very regularly Regional Agreement is being amended to
create a ‘hybrid’ Mahar K-12 Regional School District Petersham and Orange will be full K-12 members Wendell and New Salem will continue to be 7-12
members
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HOW DOES CONSOLIDATION DIFFER FROM REGIONALIZATION? With a Consolidated Central Office:
Each school committee will have full authority over its own schools
The central office team will report separately to each school committee
Costs for shared positions will be allocated through contracts and shared cost agreements
When full regionalization occurs: There will be one common Mahar K-12 school
committee Costs will be shared according to the amended
Regional Agreement The district will receive Regional Transportation
Reimbursement.
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INTERESTS TO BE BALANCED IN THE NEW REGIONAL AGREEMENT Constructing a new School Committee that represents
all towns and all schools Maintaining a reasonable degree of local control
regarding both budget and education Balancing the needs and resources of one large town
and three smaller towns Allowing for a significant difference between towns in
historical and current levels of per pupil expenditures Allowing for School Choice funding streams to
continue to flow to specific schools Maintaining a strong emphasis on elementary
education
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KEY PROVISIONS IN THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE AMENDED REGIONAL AGREEMENT: GOVERNANCE
The Mahar K-12 Regional District School Committee will consist of 12 members, elected biennially. Orange five members Petersham three members Wendell two members New Salem two members
Members will be elected at large, with a residency requirement.
Only Orange and Petersham members will vote on matters affecting elementary schools. There will be eight members only voting on
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KEY PROVISIONS IN THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE AMENDED REGIONAL AGREEMENT:
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PROCESS FOR AMENDING THE REGIONAL AGREEMENT
The Regional Planning Committee must first agree on an amended Regional Agreement.
All four Mahar member towns must then approve the agreement at annual or special town meetings.
The Commissioner of Education must then approve the agreement (by December 1st) in order for the agreement to take effect the following July 1st.
We’re working directly with DESE as we draft the amended agreement, to ensure that the final draft will be approved.
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For further information…
Questions about Central Office Consolidation: http://www.rcmahar.org/central-office-consolidation-
website/
Questions to Superintendent Burnim: [email protected]
Questions to Superintendent Baldassarre: [email protected]
Questions to Superintendent Martin: [email protected]
Questions to the Mahar Regional Planning Committee: [email protected]
Questions to Ken Rocke: [email protected]
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