Here is an interesting article that reports changes being made in the state of Maine regardingAdminstration of school districts. Perhaps this is something for the 2/3 of MA school districts with less than 5,000 students to consider?
"The choices include two candidates from Maine and one from Massachusetts.
The committee says it received a lot of interest from Maine. Ms. Grout said that is because the state is regionalizing its superintendents and is cutting them down by 80 percent. “That means one superintendent will be in charge of about 11 school districts,” she said.
Such drastic cuts are leaving large numbers of superintendents searching for new employment.
"It is certainly a different direction taken in Maine than what has taken place in the Commonwealth as evidenced by the salaries of superintendents in the Globe.
http://www.boston. com/news/ education/ k_12/specials/ superintendents/ compensation_ chart/
Classroom teachers face layoffs this year due to fiscal restraints statewide. New solutions must be explored. Regionalization is a necessary direction to explore in many facets of providing government services including education. Rather than having communities regionalize all education services (which might prompt negative fiscal impacts including increased transportation costs), we as a Commonwealth could and perhaps should, consider regionalizing some key personnel and services. Regional administration is a proven model for technical schools and many school districts. It would be an interesting dialog to pursue.
This would take legislative support and serious fiscal leadership.
Kathleen Norbut
Monson
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