[Local-Maine-Schools] respose to your response

Wed Feb 6 13:53:57 UTC 2008

Actually,thats not the inference I would draw from that either.What I would
say is that your list is just another example of how poorer communities that
are adjacent to much wealthier and supportive communities,as far as
education is concerned,often perform substandard to thier counterparts.Which
in this case,since all our kids end up at the same island wide high
school,is in need of rectification.Your suggestion that Tremonnt is free to
consolidate,frankly struck a nerve.With whom do you suggest we consolidate ?
Perhaps Blue Hill.We could establish a flotilla of boats to ferry our kids
accross the bay!This disparity will never end untill all schools on this
island are recognized as equal and supported the same.Your dismissal of the
Tremont school so handidly ,speaks volumes to the pervaisive attitude on
this island-,as well as exemplifies the true nature of this debate.The well-
healed see no reason to prop up the not so well-healed-,even if they share
the same geographical area,and ultimately send thier kids to the same high
school,Tremont should feel free to consolidate...please.By the way,my fifth
grader from Tremont won the National Geographic geography bee,beating two
eigth graders  in the process, for his school.The local newspaper didn't
pick up the story.They did however report on the Conners Emerson winner ,who
happened to be an eigth grader,and had pictures and accolades.Once again our
little school was left out.Maybe the Blue Hill paper would be interested in
the story.And I'd like to tell you what my son said after seeing the
story.He said" huh, I guess Tremont School dosen't matter".It's interesting
that at 11 years old he is already starting to feel the disparity that
exists on this island,? Don't you think <sparkflashgap at gmail.com>
To: <keengumbo at gwi.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Local-Maine-Schools] Too much football

> That's not an inference that I would draw from that.
>
> But I do think that, if Tremont citizens decide they want to
> consolidate, they certainly should be allowed to.
>
> --Brian
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> On Feb 5, 2008 12:54 PM,  <keengumbo at gwi.net> wrote:
>> I noticed Tremont is not included on your list.Does that mean that we in
>> Tremont would benefit from consolidation?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian Hubbell" <sparkflashgap at gmail.com>
>> To: <local-maine-schools at mainetalk.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:17 AM
>> Subject: [Local-Maine-Schools] Too much football
>>
>>
>> > Re: Local control of education should have its limits, Elinor Multer
>> > http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=167181&ac=PHedi
>> >
>> > QUOTE:
>> >>Local control of education should have its limits
>> >>For example, it asserts community prerogatives
>> >>are more important than students' interests.
>> >
>> >>...local school groups and the organizations that
>> >>represent them have failed to recognize reasonable
>> >>limits for that control, even when it subverts local education.
>> >>...so the politicians took what seemed to offer
>> >> the only available route. They tied consolidation
>> >>to the budget and rammed it through.
>> >
>> > This is nonsense.  Ms Multer apparently has been watching too much
>> > football if she believes that degree of opposition is proof of the
>> > value in brute-force school consolidation
>> >
>> > Listed below are most of the high-performing schools in the state.
>> > Every one of them presently operates under what Ms. Multer
>> > characterizes as the impoverishment of local control.
>> >
>> > These schools run the full range of sizes.  But what each has in
>> > common is a direct local relationship between school, governance,
>> > town, and taxpayers.
>> >
>> > Asa C Adams School, Orono
>> > Bangor High School
>> > Boothbay Region Elementary School
>> > Brunswick Jr High School
>> > Cape Elizabeth High School
>> > Cape Elizabeth Middle School
>> > Coastal Ridge Elementary, York
>> > Conners-Emerson School, Bar Harbor
>> > Dresden Elementary School
>> > Easton Elementary School
>> > Easton Junior-Senior High School
>> > Eastport Elementary School
>> > Edgecomb Eddy School
>> > Ellsworth Middle School
>> > Falmouth Middle School
>> > Farwell Elementary School, Lewiston
>> > Frank H Harrison Middle School, Yarmouth
>> > Gorham High School
>> > Great Salt Bay Community School, Damariscotta
>> > Harrison Lyseth Elementary School, Portland
>> > Jonesport Elementary School
>> > Jordan Acres School, Brunswick
>> > Longfellow School, Brunswick
>> > Longfellow School, Portland
>> > Madawaska Middle/High School
>> > Marcia Buker School, Richmond
>> > Monmouth Academy
>> > Mount Desert Elementary School
>> > Mount Desert Island High School
>> > Mount Vernon Elementary School
>> > New Sweden Consolidated School
>> > Orono Middle School
>> > Palermo Consolidated School
>> > Perry Elementary School
>> > Pond Cove Elementary, Cape Elizabeth
>> > Raymond Elementary School
>> > Robbinston Grade School
>> > Scarborough Middle School
>> > Veazie Community School
>> > Waterville High School
>> > Wayne Elementary School
>> > Wells Elementary School
>> > Wells Junior High School
>> > William S Cohen School, Bangor
>> > Wiscasset Primary School
>> > Yarmouth Elementary School
>> > Yarmouth High School
>> >
>> > Source:
>> > Dr. David L. Silvernail; The Identification of Higher and Lower
>> > Performing Maine Schools, School Profiles and Characteristics; Maine
>> > Education Policy Research Institute; May 2007
>> > http://www.usm.maine.edu/cepare/Reports/IdentifyingHigher.pdf
>> >
>>
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