Maine School Choice

from The Maine Heritage Policy Center

Welcome!

WELCOME!

As The Maine Heritage Policy Center has been reporting for months, school choice in Maine is under assault from the school district consolidation law. Choice in the Bath area was lost last year, and lost this past Election Day in Durham and Pownal and in Etna and Dixmont.

But, there is good news! Because of the hard work of citizen groups, choice was saved in Raymond and Orland! The lesson to be learned is if you want to save choice, you need to get involved and organized!

Please join us as we work to put together a statewide coalition to preserve and expand school choice opportunities for Maine students! Stay tuned to this site and please feel free to contact me at sbowen@mainepolicy.org with any questions or feedback.

Steve Bowen
The Maine Heritage Policy Center

Forum

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Lessons from Orland and Raymond?? 2 Replies

Started by Stephen Bowen. Last reply by Stephen Bowen Nov. 18, 2008.

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Time to get a school choice organization going! 10 Replies

Started by Stephen Bowen. Last reply by Dan Conte Nov. 6, 2008.

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What is going on out there? 2 Replies

Started by Stephen Bowen. Last reply by Molly Sep. 10, 2008.

Blog Posts

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School Choice working for families in Lincoln County

A terrific column by Matt Stone in this weekend's Kennebec Journal outlines how Wiscasset High School is working to attract students in the new RSU of which it is part, and how all the families in the region are benefiting from the competition school choice brings.

The new Sheepscot Valley RSU "stretches from Westport Island in the south to Palermo in the north to Chelsea in the west." Wiscasset High, the only public hi… Continue

Posted by Stephen Bowen on March 30, 2009 at 9:30am

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Upcoming RSU votes with implications for school choice

According to the state, 20 RSU plans are still awaiting approval by voters, and a number of them have implications for school choice:

Alton/Bradley/Greenbush/Milford/Old Town: RSU plan would protect school choice in all towns except Old Town, which does not have choice.

Sedgwick/Penobscot/Deer Isle-Stonington CSD/Brooksville/Brooklin/Blue Hill/Castine/Surry: AOS plan would protect school choic… Continue

Posted by Stephen Bowen on January 19, 2009 at 1:05pm

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Could consolidation lead to MORE school choice?

MHPC has done quite a bit of work to publicize the fact that school choice in Maine is under threat. Is it possible that school choice could be expanded as a result of consolidation?

The Times Record reports that residents of Wiscasset, which is destined to be the only non-choice district in its new RSU, are thinking… Continue

Posted by Stephen Bowen on November 14, 2008 at 10:46am — 2 Comments

 
 

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