Published: Monday, September 20, 2010
WINCHESTER — The schedule is in place for Winchester voters to join the tide of school districts abandoning N.H. School Administrative Unit 38.Winchester officials are readying their withdrawal plan for a meeting with the state Board of Education on Oct. 13.
But district voters have the final say, regardless of whether the state board approves the plan, and will rule on Dec. 7. A deliberative session on the plan will be held Thursday, Oct. 28.
Districts are required to tell voters, on the ballot, whether the state board recommends or disapproves of the withdrawal plan; voters are free to disagree.
Unit 38 serves the Hinsdale, Monadnock Regional and Winchester school districts.
Until last month, it also included the Surry district, which left as a condition of a court settlement. Monadnock and Hinsdale district officials received approval last month from the state board to withdraw, and voters in those districts will decide next month.
David A. Crisafulli, Unit 38’s assistant superintendent in charge of the Winchester and Hinsdale districts, said he expects Winchester’s hearing with the state board to go smoothly.
When the state board considered the Hinsdale and Monadnock districts’ withdrawal plans in early August, much of the conversation focused on what will happen to Winchester, he said.
That gave Winchester officials a clear view of what concerns the state board would have, and they made sure to answer them in the plan, he said.
Crisafulli said current estimates show Winchester can form its own unit for about the same cost as its contributions to Unit 38 — about $253,000 for the 2010-11 school year.
Winchester and Hinsdale may still pool resources for some services, he said.
About a dozen people attended a public hearing on the plan last week, and were mostly supportive, Crisafulli said.
Sarah Palermo can be reached at 352-1234, extension 1436, or spalermo@keene sentinel.com
6 comments:
What happens if Winchester is the only one left in SAU 38?
You mean to tell me not one parent in this town even cares enough to comment?
Do you people in Winchester care about anything? Do any of you have any common sense and know right from wrong? I could not stand to live around such people that won't lift a finger to stand up for themselves. Give up Informer, you're wasting your time on these fools, what great examples they are for their children.
"Glad I live in Jaffrey"! Right ON! I want to thank you for your blog, it's just what I been wanting to say for a long time. This town is just as you decribed. There is no civic pride, common sense and at 10 mmillion dollars a year the school is pumping out more of the same.
The Informer is not the only ones and I quote, "who have wasted our time on these fools"!
I have had enough and pray for the day the economy comes back to sell my house and move just as far as I can from the rot that town is experiencing. The town and it’s people do not deserve the Informer and it’s supporter.
DON'T VOTE IT ENCOURAGES THOSE BASTARDS!
JUST SOME SIGNS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!
Obama just gave speech about how money alone won't solve our schools problems. He's calling for longer school years and getting rid of underperfoming teachers. Perhaps our community should write a letter to the White House and ask if we could be the first test school to try these incredibly new ideas. Our tax rate hasn't had much to show for NEA's reasoning and guidance, combined with the Fed Regulations.
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