[Local-Maine-Schools] CORRECTION: Winners and losers: 'preliminary' cuts in General Purpose Aid for Local Schools

[Brian Hubbell]

Apologies to all.  The other evening, the late hour and my own weak
eyesight combined to make me mis-identify one of the 'winners' in the
preliminary subsidy figures that the Department distributed on
Tuesday.

I listed SAD 56 in Searsport as anticipating a substantial increase of
$661,746 or plus 10%.

The figure is right but the school system was wrong.  It's SAD 55 in
Porter that gets that increase, not SAD 56.

In the Department spreadsheet, SAD 56 is listed as getting an increase
of $134,191, an increase of 3%.

Thanks to SAD 56's business manager Brian MacFarland for bringing the
error to my attention.  I apologize for any problems I caused him by
my mistake.

Brian

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Hubbell <sparkflashgap at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 6:22 AM
Subject: Winners and losers: 'preliminary' cuts in General Purpose Aid
for Local Schools
To: local-maine-schools at mainetalk.org, Terry McCabe <tmccabe at msmaweb.com>


Winners and losers in the preliminary proposed state education subsidy cuts:
 (Note that these figures, distributed yesterday by the Department of
 Education to the Education Committee, are expected to be modified
 today when the Governor presents his own budget 'change package'.

 Winners (districts receiving at least $200K more than last year):

 Jay $804,002 +77%
 SAD 3 Thorndike $3,928,045 +44% (new debt service)
 Veazie $224,197 +21%
 SAD 51 Cumberland $1,955,128 +20%
 Pleasant Point $234,290 +18%
 SAD 68 Dover-Foxcroft $648,174 +11%
 SAD 21 Dixfield $669,547 +10%
 SAD 56 Searsport $661,746 +10%
 Portland $1,049,078 +9%
 SAD 34 Belfast $756,958 +9%
 SAD 23 Carmel $334,919 +8%
 SAD 54 Skowhegan $1,114,813 +7%
 SAD 40 Waldoboro $857,637 +7%
 Hermon $295,834 +6%
 Bangor: $696,922 +4%
 Gorham $548,839 +4%
 Waterville: $470,583 +4%
 SAD 46 Dexter $227,760 +4%
 SAD 17 Norway $673,204 +3%
 SAD 67 Lincoln $227,379 +3%
 Augusta: $251,908 +2%
 Brunswick $228,320 + 2%
 SAD 22 Hampden $214,302 +2%
 SAD 48 Newport $213,414 +2%


 Losers (subsidy cuts by 33% or more):

 Jonesport -$267,020 -92%
 SAD 65 Matinicus Isle -$6,522 -90%
 Northfield -$26,021 -82%
 Wesley -$19,067 -75%
 Newcastle -$185,405 -68%
 Lakeville -$11,749 -67%
 Georgetown -$248,396 -66%
 Penobscot -$86,604 -65%
 Greenville -$227,738 -63%
 Sedgewick -$199,944-63%
 Great Salt Bay CSD -$302,978 -62%
 South Bristol -$82,001 -62%
 Lamoine -$259,003 -60%
 Roque Bluffs -$19,309 -59%
 Brooklin -$96,335 -58%
 Steuben -$155,500 -54%
 Old Orchard Beach -$598,239 -53%
 Carrabasset Valley -$28,025 -53%
 Rangeley Plantation -$13,701 -53%
 Boothbay CSD -$424,578 -51%
 Islesboro -$44,257 -51%
 SAD 61 Bridgton -2,750,450 -50%
 Tremont -$73,830 -48%
 Wayne -$57,373 -47%
 Southport -$26,735 -46%
 Trenton -$230,339 -45%
 Nobleboro -$259,925 -43%
 SAD 19 Lubec -$310,968 -43%
 Acton -$220.305 -43%
 Bar Harbor -$163,593 -43%
 Castine -$34,521 -43%
 York -$951,781 -42%
 Bristol -$152,945 -42%
 Southwest Harbor -$109.315 -42%
 North Haven -$45,400 -42%
 Deer Isle/Stonington CSD -$376,794 -38%
 Wells-Ogunquit CSD -$737,882 -36%
 Mount Desert CSD -$167,953 -36%
 Otis -$26,335 -35%
 Swan's Island -$20,305 -35%
 Eastport: -$371,162 -34%