[Local-Maine-Schools] Bullet outline of MDI governance model

[Brian Hubbell]

Hannah, Ted, and Dennis,

As several Education Committee members on Friday seemed not at all
clear on the details of either Maine's present structures of unions
and CSD or MDI's proposed regional model, here is a summary you may
find useful:

http://mdischools.net/MDI_School_Governance_Model.pdf

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Mount Desert Island's School Governance Model

•	One governing board overseeing regional school operations in four
MDI towns and three off-shore islands
•	One high school for all seven towns with additional students
tuitioned from outside the region
•	One budget for regional operations assessed by cost-sharing formula
based on a ratio of enrollment and municipal valuation
•	One K-12 common teachers' contract
•	One standard schedule
•	One standard template for K-12 policy
•	One central office
•	One superintendent
•	One business manager
•	One K-12 curriculum with one director of curriculum
•	One director of K-12 special education
•	One combined regional budget assembled from regionally-approved
central office and high school budgets and locally-approved K-8
budgets
•	One common policy toward authority of local oversight of K-8 schools.