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Members
RPC Notice Letter |
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Dear RPC Members, January 7,
2008
On December 20th a
steering group consisting of the RPC Co-Chairs, Facilitator, School Board
Chairs, and Superintendents met to create a schedule of meetings and to
work on some procedural and organizational details.
The schedule for upcoming RPC
meetings is as follows:
January 14th Dexter
Regional High School 6:30 PM
January 28th Dexter
Regional High School 6:30 PM
February 11th Dexter
Regional High School 6:30 PM
February 25th
Piscataquis Community Middle School 6:30 PM
March 10th
Piscataquis Community Middle School 6:30 PM
March 24th
Piscataquis Community Middle School 6:30 PM
April 7th Harmony
Elementary School 6:30 PM
April 21st Harmony
Elementary School 6:30 PM
Further Sessions TBA
Organizational/Procedural
Details:
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Timeline - we
will operate with the intent of having the plan completed by June of
'08. This will allow for public hearings in the late summer/early fall
followed by a referendum on or before November 4th. While the
letter from the commissioner approving our plan to date calls for the
finished plan to be filed by February 1st of '08, we all know
that will be impossible. As portions of the plan receive "tentative
approval" from the full RPC, we will forward those to the DOE
periodically in order to update them on our progress.
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Clerical Work
- Michelle Ward will be compensated at a rate of $15 per hour for her
work as RPC Secretary. Loretta Nuite will work with her and be
compensated at the same rate. Dave Fournier will be responsible for
website posting of RPC documents and will also be compensated at a rate
of $15.00 per hour. The funds for this work will come from the $2500
allocated to the RPC for "general" purposes. SAD #4 will act as fiscal
agent for these funds.
Some of the
specific tasks are as follows
-send out meeting reminders
and other e-mails/mailings
-post meetings to the
general public
-collect and collate
segments of the plan as they become complete (electronically)
-prepare agendas for RPC
meetings
-prepare minutes from RPC
meetings
-post all materials and
information to the SAD #46 website
Information/Communication
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Each
sub-committee will have a chair and/or a person responsible for
recording the minutes of each work session and filing them with the
secretary in electronic format. Completed sections of the plan (using
the Drummond/Woodsum electronic template) will be prepared and filed by
this person as they become available for a full RPC tentative approval
vote.
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Requests for
information from SAU's, DOE, or other entities should come through the
sub-committee chairs or RPC Co-chairs in order to avoid duplication and
confusion. We hope that, in most cases, these requests can be made at
the end of an RPC meeting, with the goal to have the
materials/information available at the next meeting.
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The Co-chairs
have determined that the facilitator will act as official spokesperson
for the RPC when dealing with the press.
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As a
subcommittee completes its tasks, members will be reassigned to help
with the remaining RPC work.
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As sections
of the plan receive tentative approval from the full RPC, they will be
posted on the SAD #46 website with the disclaimer that they are in draft
form and open to further revision prior to a referendum.
We look forward to seeing you
on January 14th at Dexter Regional High School.
Sincerely,
Paul Bridge
Ella Munday
RPC Co-Chairs
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Agendas and Minutes
(in Adobe PDF
format)
1-14-08
Agenda (cancelled)
1-28-08
Minutes
2-11-08
Minutes
2-25-08
Minutes
3-10-08
Minutes
3-24-08
Minutes
4-14-08
Minutes
Upcoming Meetings
Other Links
Link to MDI's School
Consolidation Link page
Maine.Gov
Reorganization Page
Link to Maine School
Management Web Site
www.sad46.org
www.sad4.com
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