Consolidation Talks End

November 15, 2007
After meeting again with Union 44 Officials, we have determined that there is no longer any mutual interest in the foreseeable future in such a partnership.
The main reason we oppose a merger is the huge financial shift of almost a million dollars from Union 44 taxpayers to MSAD 11 taxpayers. Although the State has promised to submit legislation to ease that tax shift, when we looked into the future of a combined District, it was apparent that this discrepancy could never be fully resolved because Union 44 spending is so much higher than ours when compared to State formulas.