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Maine's Reorganized School Districts: Status as of March 2, 2010 Despite claims from the state that the school districts that have engaged in consolidation were saving money, the state issued on March 3, 2010, a restated budet that includes $70.7 million in cuts to school district allocations. RSU 24 RSU 10 AOS 91 AOS 95 RSU 19 RSU 72 RSU 20 RSU 54 RSU 13 AOS 93 RSU 6 RSU 79 RSU 12 RSU 57 RSU 9/SAD 9 RSU 55 RSU 61 AOS 94 RSU 49 RSU 18 RSU 17/SAD 17 RSU 1 RSU 52 RSU 64 RSU 25 RSU 34 RSU 78 RSU 60 RSU 5 RSU 39 RSU 38 RSU 75 RSU 8/SAD 8 RSU 65 AOS 92 RSU 14 RSU 3/SAD 3 THORNDIKE RSU 16 JAY RSU 75 RSU 21 RSU 44/SAD 44 BETHEL S A D 74 ANSON S A D 77 EAST MACHIAS RSU 2 RSU 67 RSU 29/SAD 29 RSU 37/SAD 37 HARRINGTON RSU 23 S A D 70 HODGDON RSU 51 YORK RSU 80/SAD 4 GUILFORD RSU 30/SAD 30 LEE S A D 25 SHERMAN RSU 41/SAD 41 MILO RSU 18 RSU 32/SAD 32 ASHLAND RSU 78 RSU 26 RSU 22/SAD 22 BLUE HILL ISLE AU HAUT AUBURN SURRY BEALS RSU 7/SAD 7 RSU 2 AIRLINE CSD AURORA RSU 15/SAD 15 WAITE S A D 58 KINGFIELD PERRY REED PLT SHIRLEY UPTON OTIS AUGUSTA WESLEY RSU 67 RSU 11/SAD 11 RSU 64 S A D 53 PITTSFIELD ACTON RSU 39 LAKEVILLE S A D 19 LUBEC S A D 14 DANFORTH GORHAM CALAIS S A D 24 VAN BUREN RSU 4 OAK HILL HERSEY MADRID EASTON ORIENT DEDHAM MILFORD S A D 63 EDDINGTON MEDWAY CASWELL BRUNSWICK MEDFORD HOPE HERMON BANGOR COOPER DREW PLT PENOBSCOT DEBLOIS CARRABASSETT VLY MORO PLT NORTHFIELD WOODVILLE TALMADGE WINTHROP RSU 2 LISBON JONESBORO APPLETON GILEAD BEAVER COVE S A D 13 BINGHAM RSU 40/SAD 40 WALDOBORO SO AROOS CSD DYER BROOK RSU 67 ISLESBORO RSU 31/SAD 31 HOWLAND MOOSABEC CSD JONESPORT DEER ISLE STONINGTON S A D 59 MADISON SANFORD S A D 59 MADISON PORTLAND MADAWASKA RSU 45/SAD 45 WASHBURN S A D 68 DOVER FOXCROFT S A D 23 CARMEL KITTERY EAST RANGE CSD TOPSFIELD BROOKLIN S A D 20 FT. FAIRFIELD BANCROFT FIVE TOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ALEXANDER PRINCETON BOWERBANK S A D 28 CAMDEN GREENBUSH GREENVILLE RSU 82/SAD 12 JACKMAN BROOKSVILLE FAYETTE S A D 33 ST. AGATHA SCARBOROUGH WILLIMANTIC CAPE ELIZABETH CRAWFORD LEWISTON CARROLL PLT FALMOUTH RANGELEY PLT PEMBROKE WOODLAND BAILEYVILLE GRAND ISLE BIDDEFORD BEDDINGTON LINCOLNVILLE KINGSBURY PLT COPLIN PLT GR LAKE STR PLT HIGHLAND PLT SEDGWICK LINCOLN PLT CHARLOTTE BRIDGEWATER NEW SWEDEN RSU 35/SAD 35 ELIOT ROBBINSTON GLENWOOD PLT WELLS OGUNQUIT WESTMANLAND S A D 70 HODGDON NASHVILLE PLT DENNISTOWN PLT S A D 58 KINGFIELD CASTINE ORRINGTON RSU 42/SAD 42 MARS HILL S A D 58 KINGFIELD GEORGETOWN BARING PLT YARMOUTH S A D 68 DOVER FOXCROFT VANCEBORO MACWAHOC PLT RSU 36/SAD 36 LIVERMORE FALLS BREWER EDGECOMB MACHIAS BOOTHBAY-BOOTHBAY HARBOR CSD MARSHFIELD WEST- BROOK ROQUE BLUFFS MEDDYBEMPS INDIAN TOWNSHIP PLEASANT RDGE PLT EASTPORT SOUTHPORT DENNYSVILLE WHITNEY- VILLE MILLINOCKET SOUTH PORTLAND LONG ISLAND INDIAN ISLAND EAST MILLINOCKET MONHEGAN PLT PLEASANT POINT Three days after the Governor announced the budget cuts, the Maine state legislature took up proposed amendments to the law allowing districts to opt out of the consolidation program. According to the Kennebec Journal: "The changes recommended by the Education Committee would eliminate minimum size requirements that some rural districts have been unable to meet, and would let towns withdraw from new school districts they have joined." This map prepared 4-1-10 by Movementech, Inc., Naples, ME phone: 207-749-1606 email: [email protected] website: www.movementech.org Technical assistance from Southern Echo, Inc. 1350 Livingston Lane, Jackson, MS 39213 phone: 601-982-6400 fax: 601-982-2636 email: [email protected] website: www.southernecho.org How this map works: Some Districts are not in Conformity with State School Consolidation law because: Coral Districts: The school district has failed to develop any plan. Yellow Districts: District Voters rejected a consolidation plan Orange Districts: District Voters approved plan but Partner District's voters rejected plan. Some Districts are Reorganized, some are unchanged, and some are Exempt. Blue Districts: Voter and State Commissioner approved reorganization plan. Green Districts: State Commissioner approved unchanged district plan. Pink Districts: Exempted by law with State Commissioner approved plan. The rest of the state is without school districts and termed "unorganized territory." Legend Maine School Districts Status Non Conforming/No Plan Non Conforming/Voter Rejected Non Conforming/Voter Approved Reorganized District Unchanged District Exempted District Unorganized Territory Public Law 2007, Chapter 240, Part XXXX passed on June 11, 2007 and Public Law 2007, Chapter 668 (enacted by passage of LD 2323, An Act to Remove Barriers to the Reorganization of School Administrative Units), passed on April 18, 2008, requires that all school units, of whatever form and whatever size - SADs, CSDs and municipal school units, small and large - must: 1. Work with other units to reorganize into larger, more efficient units; or 2. Where expansion of the unit would be impractical or inconsistent with state policy, reorganize their own administrative structures to reduce costs. The intent of the law was to reduce the number of districts from 290 to 80 with a minimum number of 2500 students in each district. Currently, the consolidation effort has resulted in 215 districts. Under the law, school districts are required to work with other districts to develop a consolidation plan, submit it to local voters for local approval and then the state for final approval. Where consolidation efforts have faltered, it has been largely the result of voters rejecting proposed plans.
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Maine's Reorganized School Districts: Status as of March 2, 2010
Despite claims from the state that the school districts that have engaged in consolidation were saving money, the state issued on March 3, 2010, a restated budet that includes $70.7 million in cuts to school district allocations.
RSU 24
RSU 10
AOS 91
AOS 95
RSU 19
RSU 72
RSU 20
RSU 54
RSU 13
AOS 93
RSU 6
RSU 79
RSU 12
RSU 57
RSU 9/SAD 9
RSU 55
RSU 61
AOS 94
RSU 49
RSU 18
RSU 17/SAD 17
RSU 1
RSU 52
RSU 64
RSU 25
RSU 34
RSU 78
RSU 60
RSU 5
RSU 39
RSU 38
RSU 75
RSU 8/SAD 8
RSU 65
AOS 92
RSU 14
RSU 3/SAD 3 THORNDIKE
RSU 16
JAY
RSU 75
RSU 21
RSU 44/SAD44 BETHEL
S A D 74 ANSON
S A D 77EAST MACHIAS
RSU 2
RSU 67
RSU 29/SAD 29
RSU 37/SAD 37HARRINGTON
RSU 23
S A D 70 HODGDON
RSU 51
YORK
RSU 80/SAD 4GUILFORD
RSU 30/SAD 30 LEE
S A D 25 SHERMAN
RSU 41/SAD41 MILO
RSU 18
RSU 32/SAD32 ASHLAND
RSU 78
RSU 26
RSU 22/SAD 22
BLUE HILL
ISLE AU HAUTAUBURN
SURRY
BEALS
RSU 7/SAD 7
RSU 2
AIRLINE CSD AURORA
RSU 15/SAD 15
WAITE
S A D 58 KINGFIELD
PERRY
REED PLT
SHIRLEY
UPTONOTIS
AUGUSTA
WESLEY
RSU 67
RSU 11/SAD 11
RSU 64
S A D 53 PITTSFIELD
ACTON
RSU 39
LAKEVILLE
S A D 19LUBEC
S A D 14DANFORTH
GORHAM
CALAIS
S A D 24VAN BUREN
RSU 4 OAK HILL
HERSEY
MADRID
EASTON
ORIENT
DEDHAM
MILFORD
S A D 63EDDINGTON
MEDWAY
CASWELL
BRUNSWICK
MEDFORD
HOPE
HERMONBANGOR
COOPER
DREW PLT
PENOBSCOT
DEBLOIS
CARRABASSETT VLY
MORO PLT
NORTHFIELD
WOODVILLE
TALMADGE
WINTHROP
RSU 2
LISBON
JONESBORO
APPLETON
GILEAD
BEAVER COVE
S A D 13 BINGHAM
RSU 40/SAD 40 WALDOBORO
SO AROOS CSDDYER BROOK
RSU 67
ISLESBORO
RSU 31/SAD31 HOWLAND
MOOSABEC CSDJONESPORT
DEER ISLESTONINGTON
S A D 59 MADISON
SANFORD
S A D 59MADISON
PORTLAND
MADAWASKA
RSU 45/SAD 45WASHBURN
S A D 68 DOVER
FOXCROFT
S A D 23CARMEL
KITTERY
EAST RANGECSD TOPSFIELD
BROOKLIN
S A D 20FT. FAIRFIELD
BANCROFT
FIVE TOWN COMMUNITYSCHOOL DISTRICT
ALEXANDER
PRINCETON
BOWERBANK
S A D 28 CAMDEN
GREENBUSH
GREENVILLE
RSU 82/SAD 12JACKMAN
BROOKSVILLE
FAYETTE
S A D 33 ST. AGATHA
SCARBOROUGH
WILLIMANTIC
CAPEELIZABETH
CRAWFORD
LEWISTON
CARROLL PLT
FALMOUTH
RANGELEY PLT
PEMBROKE
WOODLAND
BAILEYVILLE
GRANDISLE
BIDDEFORD
BEDDINGTON
LINCOLNVILLE
KINGSBURY PLT
COPLIN PLT
GR LAKESTR PLT
HIGHLAND PLT
SEDGWICK
LINCOLN PLT
CHARLOTTE
BRIDGEWATER
NEWSWEDEN
RSU 35/SAD 35 ELIOT
ROBBINSTON
GLENWOODPLT
WELLSOGUNQUIT
WESTMANLAND
S A D 70HODGDON
NASHVILLE PLT
DENNISTOWN PLT
S A D 58KINGFIELD
CASTINE
ORRINGTON
RSU 42/SAD 42MARS HILL
S A D58 KINGFIELD
GEORGETOWN
BARING PLT
YARMOUTH
S A D 68 DOVER
FOXCROFT
VANCEBORO
MACWAHOCPLT
RSU 36/SAD 36 LIVERMORE FALLS
BREWER
EDGECOMB
MACHIAS
BOOTHBAY-BOOTHBAYHARBOR CSD
MARSHFIELD
WEST-BROOK
ROQUEBLUFFS
MEDDYBEMPS
INDIANTOWNSHIP
PLEASANTRDGE PLT
EASTPORT
SOUTHPORT
DENNYSVILLE
WHITNEY-VILLE
MILLINOCKET
SOUTHPORTLAND
LONGISLAND
INDIANISLAND
EASTMILLINOCKET
MONHEGAN PLT
PLEASANTPOINT
Three days after the Governor announced the budget cuts,the Maine state legislature took up proposed amendments to the law allowing districts to opt out of the consolidation program.According to the Kennebec Journal: "The changes recommended by the Education Committee would eliminateminimum size requirements that some rural districts have beenunable to meet, and would let towns withdraw from new school districts they have joined."
This map prepared 4-1-10 by Movementech, Inc., Naples, MEphone: 207-749-1606email: [email protected]: www.movementech.org
Technical assistance from Southern Echo, Inc. 1350 Livingston Lane, Jackson, MS 39213phone: 601-982-6400fax: 601-982-2636email: [email protected]: www.southernecho.org
How this map works:
Some Districts are not in Conformity with State School Consolidation law because:Coral Districts: The school district has failed to develop any plan. Yellow Districts: District Voters rejected a consolidation planOrange Districts: District Voters approved plan but Partner District's voters rejected plan.
Some Districts are Reorganized, some are unchanged, and some are Exempt.Blue Districts: Voter and State Commissioner approved reorganization plan.Green Districts: State Commissioner approved unchanged district plan.Pink Districts: Exempted by law with State Commissioner approved plan. The rest of the state is without school districts and termed "unorganized territory."
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Maine School Districts
Status
Non Conforming/No Plan
Non Conforming/Voter Rejected
Non Conforming/Voter Approved
Reorganized District
Unchanged District
Exempted District
Unorganized Territory
Public Law 2007, Chapter 240, Part XXXX passed on June 11, 2007 and Public Law 2007, Chapter 668 (enacted by passage of LD 2323, An Act to Remove Barriers to the Reorganization of School Administrative Units), passed on April 18, 2008, requires that all school units, of whatever form and whatever size - SADs, CSDs and municipal school units, small and large - must:
1. Work with other units to reorganize into larger, more efficient units; or 2. Where expansion of the unit would be impractical or inconsistent with state policy, reorganize their own administrative structures to reduce costs.
The intent of the law was to reduce the number ofdistricts from 290 to 80 with a minimum number of 2500 students in each district. Currently, theconsolidation effort has resulted in 215 districts. Underthe law, school districts are required to work with other districts to develop a consolidation plan, submit it to local voters for local approval and then the state for final approval. Where consolidation efforts have faltered, it has been largely the result of voters rejecting proposed plans.
