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Mount Desert Island Schools' Regional Planning Committee

• Committee membership list
• Email the RPC: rpc@mdischools.net

Meetings and reports:

• Current documents
• Trenton Update on School Consolidation, Town of Trenton, informational brochure (9/12)
• Town of Trenton: Reorganization FAQs (presented at 9/24 public forum at Trenton Elementary School)
• MDI Regional School System Reorganization Plan [approved by RPC (8/03/2008); approved by DoE (8/25)]
• Interlocal Agreement, [approved by DoE (8/25); approved by RPC (9/03)] | [*.pdf] | [*.doc]
• Final approval of clarified MDI RSS interlocal agreement, Commissioner Gendron (9/29/2008)
• Bar Harbor Warrant Article, (8/25)
• Wednesday, September 3, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• Agenda for 9/03 meeting
• Letter of approval from Commissioner Gendron, (8/25)
• Interlocal Agreement, (as approved by DoE, 8/25)
• Bar Harbor Warrant Article, (8/25)
• Audio transcript of 9/03 meeting
• Minutes of 9/03 meeting
• MDI Regional School System Reorganization Plan (Approved by RPC: 8/06/2008)
• MDI Regional School System Inter-local Agreement (Approved by RPC: 8/06/2008)
• Reorganization FAQ sheet, (8/04)
• Reorganization Timeline
• Scan of complete 8/21 reorganization plan submission to DoE (6MB, 61pp., *.pdf format)
• Warrant Article for referendum (Bar Harbor) (8/22/2008)
• Wednesday, August 6, 2008, RPC Meeting (with public forum), Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• Notice of public forum on reorganization plan
• Agenda for 8/06 meeting
• Audio transcript of 8/06 meeting
• DRAFT minutes of 8/06 meeting
• Wednesday, July 30, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• Agenda for 7/30 meeting
• DRAFT Inter-local agreement (7/23, with working annotations)
• Working draft of reorganization plan (7/24)
• Audio transcript of 7/30 meeting (*.mp3)
• DRAFT minutes of 7/30 meeting
• Wednesday, July 23, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• Agenda for 7/23 meeting
• Audio transcript of 7/23 meeting (*.mp3)
• Minutes from 7/23 meeting
• Wednesday, July 2, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• Agenda for 7/02 meeting
• School District Consolidation: Impact and Opportunity for Trenton, Presentation from 6/17 Trenton public hearing
• Proposed reorganization timeline
• DoE response to 6/13 progress report, Commissioner Gendron
• Audio transcript of 7/02 meeting (*.mp3)
• DRAFT minutes of 7/02 meeting
• June 13 Interim progress report to DoE
• Cover letter
• Progress report
• Voting chart
• Finance formula
• Wednesday, June 4, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 6/04 meeting agenda
• Reorganization timeline chart
• a proposal for board composition
• Present Union 98 cost-sharing formula
• Audio transcript of 6/04 meeting, (*.mp3)
• DRAFT progress report on inter-local agreement, (6/09)
• DRAFT minutes of 6/04 meeting
• Wednesday, May 28, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 5/28 meeting agenda
• Last November's reorganization plan (with some expected areas for changes highlighted and with a column added for potential AOS functions)
• Draft outline of proposed inter-local agreement components and functions
• Audio transcript of 5/28 meeting, (*.mp3)
• DRAFT minutes of 5/28 meeting
• Wednesday, May 21, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 5/21 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of 5/21 meeting, (*.mp3)
• DRAFT minutes of 5/21 meeting
• Wednesday, May 14, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 5/14 meeting agenda
• LD 2323
• Title 30-A
• Audio transcript of 5/14 meeting, (*.mp3)
• DRAFT 5/14 meeting minutes
• Wednesday, April 30, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 4/30 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of April 30 meeting
• DRAFT 4/30 meeting minutes
• Wednesday, April 16, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 4/16 meeting agenda
• Wednesday, March 19, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• Wednesday, February 27, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 2/27 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of February 27 meeting
• DRAFT 2/27 meeting minutes
• Wednesday, February 6, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 2/06 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of 2/06 meeting
• DRAFT 2/06 meeting minutes
• January 30 interim progress report to the Department of Education
• Wednesday, January 23, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 1/23 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of 1/23 meeting (*.mp3)
• DRAFT 1/23 meeting minutes
• Wednesday, January 9, 2008, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 1/09 meeting agenda
• DRAFT 1/09 meeting minutes
• Wednesday, December 12, 2007, Education Committee Public Hearing on LD 1932, 9:00 AM, Room 202, Cross State Office Building, Augusta
[LD 1932 bill information and status]
• Wednesday, November 28, 2007, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 11/28 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of 11/28 meeting (*.mp3)
• DRAFT 11/28 meeting minutes
• RSU board compostion and weighted votes under different combinations of towns, (DRAFT, 11/16)
• RPC's 12/01 plan submittal
• Cover letter
• Reorganization Plan Submittal Sheet
• Reorganization Plan Checklist
• Mount Desert Island Regional School Unit Reorganization Plan (approved by RPC, 11/28)
• Ruling on MDI RPC's plan, Commissioner Gendron (12/15)
• Department of Education rejects Mount Desert Island's school plan, RPC press release
• [Bar Harbor] Consolidation plan rejected, Bar Harbor Times
• State rejects MDI school plan, Mount Desert Islander
• Bar Harbor: Island's leaders upset state rejected MDI school plan, Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News
• Thursday, November 15, 2007, RPC Meeting, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 11/15 meeting agenda
• Audio transcript of 11/15 meeting (*.mp3)
• 11/15 meeting minutes DRAFT
• Wednesday, November 14, 2007, RPC Public Hearing, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• DRAFT agenda for 11/14 public hearing
• Powerpoint presentation, Superintendent Liebow, (*.ppt)
• Audio transcript of 11/14 Public Forum (*.mp3)
• Minutes of 11/14 Public Forum
• MDI is 'lucky' to keep local controls, Becky Buyers-Basso, Mount Desert Islander
• Wednesday, November 7, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 11/07 meeting agenda
• Continuing draft of RSU vs. Local Board authorities, (10/25)
• Audio transcript of 11/07 meeting
• DRAFT minutes from 11/07 meeting
• Wednesday, October 24, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 10/24 meeting agenda
• Continuing draft of RSU vs. Local Board authorities. (10/18)
• Audio transcript of 10/24 meeting
• 10/24 meeting DRAFT minutes
• Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• October 17 meeting agenda
• Administration's recommendations regarding powers of RSU vs. local boards, Union 98's administrators (10/11/07)
• Audio transcript of 10/17 meeting, (*.mp3)
• DRAFT minutes of 10/17 meeting
• Wednesday, October 3, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• October 3 meeting agenda
• Drummond Woodsum's Reorganization Plan template, 09/26/2007 (*.doc)
• School Consolidation Overview, Drummond Woodsum (9/26)
• Template for composition, powers and duties of any local school committees, Drummond Woodsum (9/26)
• Timing Considerations for Referenda on School Reorganization Plans, Drummond Woodsum (9/26)
• Template for Alternative Plan, Drummond Woodsum (9/26)
• MDI RSU Financials including potential voting structure (*.xls, 10/01)
• Potential committee and voting apportionment
• audio transcript of 10/03 meeting, (*.mp3)
• DRAFT meeting minutes, 10/03
• Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 9/19 meeting agenda
• audio transcript of 9/19 meeting (*.mp3)
• DRAFT 9/19 meeting minutes
• Wednesday, September 5, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 9/05 meeting agenda
• audio transcript of 9/05 meeting, (*.mp3)
• 9/05 DRAFT meeting minutes
• [Bar Harbor] Reorganization committee looking at all angles, Greg Fish, Bar Harbor Times
• Wednesday, August 22, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 8/22 meeting agenda
• Spreadsheet of financial model #4 under different scenarios of partnerships, (*.xls, 08/22/2007)
• Spreadsheet of financial model 4 updated to show equivalent taxpayers' costs by municipality, (8/31, *.xls)
• audio transcript of 8/22 MDI RPC meeting, [*.mp3]
• DRAFT minutes of 8/22 meeting
• Explanation of the MDI HS funding formula, Rob Liebow's 2006 presentation (1.5Mb, *.ppt)
• Officials running consolidation numbers, Becky Buyers-Basso, Mount Desert Islander
• Wednesday, August 8, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 8/08 RPC meeting agenda
• Potential models for Mount Desert Island RSU, Superintendent Liebow's powerpoint [*.ppt]
• audio transcript of 8/08 MDI RPC meeting, 8/08 [*.mp3]
• Meeting minutes
• [Bar Harbor] District consolidation models are explored, Becky Buyers-Basso, Mount Desert Islander
• Thursday, August 2, 2007, Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
• 08/02/2007 RPC meeting agenda
• 08/02/2007 RPC meeting minutes
• School costs face big shift in future, Tom Minervino, Bar Harbor Times
• Monday, July 23, 2007. Mount Desert Island High School Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
  • 07/23/2007 RPC meeting agenda
  • Unofficial notes of initial RPC meeting, July 23, 2007
  • Regional school group gets to work, Tom Minervino, Bar Harbor Times

Legislation

• LD 1932: An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding School Funding, (11/28)
• Law, with linked table of contents, Maine Municipal Association
• Final Statutory Language as approved by Legislature, with amendment 'T' text highlighted, (6/06); [*.doc format, *.pdf format]
• Table of Contents (annotated) for the above, with sections affected by amendment 'T' highlighted  [*.doc format, *.pdf format]

Reorganization process and materials

• Continuing draft of RSU vs. Local Board authorities, (10/25)
• Administration's recommendations regarding powers of RSU vs. local boards, Union 98's administrators (10/11/07)
• Drummond Woodsum's Reorganization Plan template, 09/26/2007 (*.doc)
• Spreadsheet of financial model #4 under different scenarios of partnerships, (*.xls, 08/22/2007)
• Spreadsheet of financial model 4 updated to show equivalent taxpayers' costs by municipality, (8/31, *.xls)
• Explanation of the MDI HS funding formula, Rob Liebow's 2006 presentation (1.5Mb, *.ppt)
• Potential models for Mount Desert Island RSU, Superintendent Liebow's powerpoint [*.ppt]
• Agenda for initial Regional Planning Committee meeting on July 23 [*.doc; *.pdf]
• Union 98 convenes a regional planning committee (6/25)
• Letter from Union 98 members to Commissioner Gendron (6/13)
• Commissioner Gendron's reply to Union 98, (6/28)
• A Primer for School Reorganization, MMA, Maine Townsman, June
• Superintendent Liebow's powerpoint presentation to Union 98 staff, MDI HS, 6/14 (3Mb, *.ppt)
• Summary of Approved School Consolidation Legislation, MSMA (6/11)
• AN ACT to Create a Mount Desert Island Regional School District, Private and Special Law enacted June 13, 1963 [*.doc; *.pdf]

DoE reorganization materials

• SAU and RPC Requests for Reimbursement of Legal Costs, Commissioner Gendron, DoE Informational Letter (10/26)
• Forms
• RPC Request for Funds for Miscellaneous Costs (*.rtf)
• Re: Request for Funds for Miscellaneous Costs, DoE informational letter, 8/09
• Reorganization Plan, (6/29)
• Alternative Plan, (6/29)
• Notice of Intent, (6/29), (*.doc)
• Guidelines for RPCs, (6/29)
• PowerPoint presentation for the regional meeting, DoE (6/18)
• More detailed PowerPoint given to Superintendents, DoE, (6/25-6/26)
• Facilitator options, DoE (6/18)
• DoE's Process and Summary of Reorganization, Department of Education, (6/18, revised 6/21)
• DoE's Process and Summary of Reorganization, Department of Education, (6/11)
• DoE timeline (6/11)
• Suggested model for 80 RSUs, DoE, (5/21)

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