CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
Tuesday, November 17, 2003
Shead High School
6:00 – 9:00 P.M.
“Looking for common ground on the question of school consolidation in the Woodland/Calais/Eastport Region Second Meeting”
Meeting Purpose:
To Continue to look at the school consolidation question to see if there is an area of common ground on which some or all of the group can move forward. A panel has been compiled of professionals representing various school collaborations and the Maine Department of Education.
Desired Outcomes:
A list of the various forms if any that consolidation could take
A list of the impacts/benefits of Essential Services Model & Potential Tax Reform
A list of the benefits of the different types of school structures
A collection of statistics and trends of school systems with our region
A list of next steps
Agenda:
6:00 PM Meeting introduction: review purpose, outcomes and agenda; establish ground rules
6:15 Updates and data related to school consolidation
6:30 Panel Discussion:
Examples of consolidation and collaboration
Benefits and Impacts of school structures and state programs
8:00 Where are the areas of common ground where some, if not all, of the group would be
interested in going forward?
8:45 Wrap up
9:00 Adjourn
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