[Local-Maine-Schools] Linking Consolidation and Cost-Cutting

[Nancy Hudak]

Assuming education's cost-cutting-role to be a valid one, it seems that the DoE and the Governor are already doing that in spades, absent the existence of consolidation.  So why are the two linked so inextricably linked in the legislative mind?"  [Mr. Atlee's second bullet]

I have thought this was the question since last year when the whole school reorganization mess started.  If there truly is/was a need to cut school funding, then the Legislature should have been honest and just done so.  It was an elaborate pretense that cutting $37 million and "school reorganization" (as it was designed) were two sides of the same coin.  Repeal of the law is the only logical solution before this gets any worse.

Nancy


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