School cuts (Portland, Scarborough, Falmouth: schools, bus, budget)

[shadowfax1997]

Governor has ordered cuts in education spending to the tune of $35million. Looking through the list of cuts, seems most of the biggest cuts are the greater portland schools.
Governor's order pares spending by $63 million | Portland Press Herald (http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=297520&ac=PHnws - broken link)

Portland - 2.6 million - 3% budget
South portland - 1.2 million - 3.2% budget
Scarborough - 1.1 million - 3.6% budget
Falmouth - 700,000 - 2.9%

Seems like southern maine got hit harder the northern maine. Fair? Think not. People down here are hurting just as much as northern maine, yet our schools will suffer more.

Something really needs to be done about the school funding formula.

[AustinB]

Originally Posted by shadowfax1997

Governor has ordered cuts in education spending to the tune of $35million. Looking through the list of cuts, seems most of the biggest cuts are the greater portland schools.
Governor's order pares spending by $63 million | Portland Press Herald (http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=297520&ac=PHnws - broken link)

Portland - 2.6 million - 3% budget
South portland - 1.2 million - 3.2% budget
Scarborough - 1.1 million - 3.6% budget
Falmouth - 700,000 - 2.9%

Seems like southern maine got hit harder the northern maine. Fair? Think not. People down here are hurting just as much as northern maine, yet our schools will suffer more.

Something really needs to be done about the school funding formula.

It seems that the funding formula always works for southern Maine when it is increasing.

[cebdark]

Originally Posted by AustinB

It seems that the funding formula always works for southern Maine when it is increasing.

That's been my observation. I never understood the logic behind the funding formula in the first place.

It'll just get shuffled to the towns and cities - even those who consolididated.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by shadowfax1997

... Seems like southern maine got hit harder the northern maine. Fair? Think not. People down here are hurting just as much as northern maine, yet our schools will suffer more.

Correct me if I am wrong here.

I thought that the School consolidation process had left the Southern-urban schools alone and was only tearing apart the Northern schools.

So your 'hurting' schools are the only ones which were not hurt.

[island mermaid]

Actually some schools in the southern part of the state are facing consolidation too, but the effect won't be felt nearly as deeply as it will up north.

[Submariner]

My apology I did not realize they are dismantling the Portland schools to bus the children to schools in other towns. I had thought that push was only for Northern schools. I must have been mistaken.

[Maineah]

We don't need no education!!

[island mermaid]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

My apology I did not realize they are dismantling the Portland schools to bus the children to schools in other towns. I had thought that push was only for Northern schools. I must have been mistaken.

The schools I mentioned are not necessarily in Portland, just in southern Maine.

MaineToday.com | News Update: School consolidation votes roll in

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Here you go folks. This is the chart showing school cuts by district for the entire state. No problem in our district because the superintendent has his own personal $165,000 slush fund. He can dip into that.

http://www.maine.gov/education/data/...ent_112009.pdf

[retiredtinbender]

Originally Posted by Maineah

We don't need no education!!

We don't need no thought control...