[Local-Maine-Schools] That third bullet

[Paul Murphy]

"The critical point is how, given that, to realize real savings.  As I
understand our position, we are open to any self-directed reorganization as
well as to any collaboration of existing units on a larger scale."

The statement above is directly from one of Brian's messages yesterday. I'm
puzzled as to how anyone can read that as "disinclination" to exploring
options with other school boards.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Atlee" <atlee at umd.edu>
To: "Local Maine Schools List" <local-maine-schools at lists.svaha.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Local-Maine-Schools] That third bullet


> (Sounds like an overstocked Russian Roulette :-))
>
> Dick Dimond composed:
> > (3) to that end, we welcome the opportunity to broaden the recent
> > discussions that have taken place on MDI and look forward to exploring
> > similar options with school boards from other towns in our nearby
> > region.  (I couldn't resist the temptation to add this third bullet).
>
> I'm somewhat puzzled by the disinclination Brian expresses on behalf of
> himself and others to support this concept.  Respecting them as I do, I
> suspect I'm missing some context of past experience that I probably need
> to understand better.
>
> It would seem that bullet #1's objection to compulsion and bullet #2's
> reference to "appropriate and effective" efficiencies of scale state
> clearly where U98 is coming from.  What is/are the problem(s) with
> participating in discussions, given that those discussions are premised
> on non-coercion and appropriateness?
>
> Dick (Atlee)
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