Plans and Responses

(updated 9/5/08)

Summary chart (updated 9/5/08)
This chart provides a summary of which plans have been approved and the status of all plans. It does not include all of the detail that can be found below.

View the Falmouth/SAD 51 reorganization plan
This plan has received conditional approval and was identified by
Commissioner Gendron as "exemplary" and a model for other RPCs to consider.

Androscoggin

Auburn (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/19/08
Alternative plan - 3,478 students
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Lewiston (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 5/7/08
Alternative plan - 4,701
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 4/29/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 52 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 5/1/08
Alternative plan - 2,182
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 4/30/08 | Commissioner's response

Jay/MSAD 36
Reorganization plan - 1,868
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Sabattus/Wales/Litchfield/Oak Hill CSD (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 5/1/08
APPROVED by voters at referendum 8/12/08
Reorganization plan - 1,601
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 4/30/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 5/13/08 | Commissioners Response

Aroostook

Caribou/MSAD 20/Caswell/Westmanland/Stockholm/New Sweden/Woodland/Limestone
Reorganization plan - 2,747
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 1/MSAD 32/Nashville Plantation
APPROVED by Comissioner 8/22/08
PENDING APPROVAL by voters
Reorganization plan - 2,411
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Nashville-only plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 10/MSAD 24/MSAD 27/MSAD 33/Grand Isle/Madawaska
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting review
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 2,514
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline by MSAD 10/MSAD 27/MSAD 33/Grand Isle/Madawaska| Commissioner’s response
MSAD 24 letter submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
MSAD 24 follow up letter submitted 1/18/08 | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline including all SAUs | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Intent to File Alternative Organizational Structure Plan | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 08/26/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 14/MSAD 25/MSAD 29/Orient/Bancroft/MSAD 70/CSD 9/Hersey/Moro Plantation
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 2,863
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Cumberland

Brunswick (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 1/18/08
Alternative plan - 3,132
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline (11 MB)| Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted 1/11/08 | Commissioner's response

Cape Elizabeth (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 2/27/08
Alternative plan - 1,795
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted 1/26/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 2/25/08| Commissioner's response

Falmouth/MSAD 51
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/13/08
PENDING APPROVAL by voters
Reorganization plan - 4,419
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted 1/18/08 (3.6 MB) | Commissioner's response
Commissioner's updated response - 5/1/08
Updated Plan 6/5/08 | Commissioner's response

Gorham (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/19/08
Alternative plan - 2,723
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 61 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/23/08
Alternative plan - 2,058
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Letter submitted 4/17/08 | Commissioner's response

Portland (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 7,040
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Raymond/Windham²
Reorganization plan - 3,520
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted by Raymond/Windham/Westbrook for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted by Raymond/Windham 3/14/08 | Commissioner's response

Westbrook² (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/13/08
Alternative plan - 2,520
Plan submitted by Raymond/Windham/Westbrook for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted by Westbrook 3/4/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 4/17/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Scarborough (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 2/27/08
Alternative plan - 3,313
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted 2/1/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 2/25/08 | Commissioner's response

South Portland (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 1/18/08
Alternative plan - 3,071
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Revised plan submitted 12/28/07 | Commissioner's response
Revised plan submitted 1/14/08 | Commissioner's response

Yarmouth (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 3/5/08
Alternative plan - 1,386
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted 1/31/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 2/26/08 | Commissioner's response

Freeport/MSAD 62/Durham
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 1,931
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted 1/18/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 15³ (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 1,950
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline by SAD 15/Poland/Minot/Mechanic Falls | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted by MSAD 15 01/16/08 | Commissioner's response 1/23/08 | Commissioner's response 1/30/08
Letter submitted 2/8/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 3/10/08
Letter submitted 3/17/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Poland/Minot/Mechanic Falls³
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 1,730
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline by SAD 15/Poland/Minot/Mechanic Falls | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted 12/3/07 | Commissioner’s response 1/24/08 | Commissioner's response 1/30/08
Letter submitted 2/15/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 3/13/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Franklin

Carrabassett Valley
Letter - 87
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline| Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 9/MSAD 58/Coplin Plantation/Highland Plantation
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting review/ revisions
Reorganization plan - 3,163
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Rangeley/Dallas, Lincoln, Magalloway, Rangeley, Sandy River plantations
Reorganization plan - 220
Plan status: Unapproved Configuration
Rangeley plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Rangeley Plantation plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Dallas Plantation plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Lincoln Plantation plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Magalloway Plantation plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline| Commissioner’s response
Sandy River Plantation plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted by all SAUs for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Hancock

Sedgwick/Penobscot/Deer Isle-Stonington CSD/Brooksville/Brooklin/Blue Hill/Castine/Surry
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 1,509
Plan status: In Progress
Commissioner’s correspondence 12/14/07
Plan submitted 12/19/07 | Commissioner's response 1/8/08
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Southwest Harbor/Mt Desert/Bar Harbor/Tremont/Mt Desert CSD/Frenchboro/MSAD 76/Cranberry Isles/Trenton (FINAL)
APPROVED* by Commissioner 8/25/08
PENDING APPROVAL by voters
*Conditional approval - see Commissioner's response below
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 1,690
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Trenton submission for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Bucksport/Orland/MSAD 18
Reorganization plan - 1,255
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline (8MB) | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Kennebec

Augusta (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 8/20/08
Alternative plan - 2,361
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Manchester/Mount Vernon/Readfield/Wayne/Maranacook CSD/
Fayette/Winthrop
Reorganization plan - 2,429
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 8/15/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 11 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 2,223
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline (7 MB) | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 47/China⁴
Reorganization plan - 3,232
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Vassalboro/Winslow/Waterville⁴
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 3,968
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter to Winslow from Commissioner 8/8/08

MSAD 16/Monmouth/Dresden/Richmond (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/23/08
APPROVED by Voters 6/10/08
Reorganization plan - 2,450
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 4/17/08 | Commissioner's response

Knox

MSAD 5/MSAD 50
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 2,312
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 8/21/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 40
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 1,970
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Five Town CSD/MSAD 28/Hope/Appleton/Lincolnville
Reorganization plan - 2,048
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Lincoln

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD/Bremen/Bristol/Damariscotta/Edgecomb/Great Salt Bay CSD/Jefferson/Newcastle/Nobleboro/South Bristol/Southport
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 2,740
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 6/20/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 8/13/08 | Commissioner's response 8/20/08 | Commissioner's response 8/28/08

Alna/Wiscasset/Westport Island/Palermo/Somerville/Whitefield/Windsor/Chelsea
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 2,272
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline by Alna/Wiscasset/Westport Island/Palermo/Somerville/Whitefield/Windsor | Commissioner’s response
Chelsea letter submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Chelsea letter submitted 2/7/08
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline by all SAUs | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Oxford

MSAD 44/Gilead/Upton
Alternative plan - 867
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Gilead Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
MSAD 44 Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Upton Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Gilead letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
MSAD 44 letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Letter Submitted 4/23/08 | Commissioner's response
Upton letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
MSAD 44 letter submitted for 6/13/08 | Commissioner's response
MSAD 44 letter submitted 8/14/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 21/MSAD 39/MSAD 43/Hanover
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 3,239
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline: Part A Part B Part C Part D | Commissioner's response

MSAD 72 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/11/08
Alternative plan - 1,341
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 17
Alternative plan - 3,650
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 7/23/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 55 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/11/08
Alternative plan - 1,285
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Penobscot

Alton/Bradley/Greenbush/Milford/Old Town
Reorganization plan - 2,041
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter from Commissioner 5/13/08
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 8/15/08 | Commissioner's response

Orono/Veazie/Glenburn
Reorganization plan - 1,595
Plan status: In Progress
Veazie letter submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Glenburn plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Veazie letter submitted 1/25/08 | Commissioner's response
Glenburn letter submitted 02/27/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted 1/24/08 by Orono | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted 3/11/08 by Orono and Veazie | Commissioner's response - Veazie | Commissioner's response - Orono
Letter submitted by all SAUs for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Bangor (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/11/08
Alternative plan - 3,830
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 7/16/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 23/Hermon
Reorganization plan - 1,869
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 30/MSAD 31/MSAD 67/Carroll Plt/Drew Plt/Reed Plt/Macwahoc/Lakeville/Lowell/Seboeis/Medford/Glenwood Plt/Woodvill
Reorganization plan - 3,301
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Medway/Millinocket/East Millinocket
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 1125
Plan status: In Progress
Letter submitted 08/13/08 | Commissioner's response

Brewer/Dedham/Orrington/SAD 63/Airline CSD
Reorganization plan - 3,296
Plan status: In Progress
Brewer/Dedham/Orrington/SAD 63 plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Airline CSD letter submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Brewer/Dedham/Orrington/SAD 63 letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Airline CSD letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Airline CSD letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 64 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/10/08
Alternative plan - 1,283
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 38/MSAD 48
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting review
Reorganization plan - 2,497
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 22 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/24/08
Alternative plan - 2,222
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Addendum to plan 6/18/08 | Commissioner's response

Piscataquis

MSAD 4/MSAD 46/Harmony/Willimantic
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 1,942
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 68/Greenville/Shirley/Beaver Cove/Bowerbank/Kingsbury & Lake View Plts/MSAD 41
Reorganization plan - 2,030
Plan status: In Progress
MSAD 41 Letter submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
MSAD 68/Greenville/Shirley/Beaver Cove/Bowerbank/Kingsbury & Lake View Plts Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
MSAD 41 Letter submitted 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
MSAD 68/Greenville/Shirley/Beaver Cove/Bowerbank/Kingsbury & Lake View Plts Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter from Commissioner 5/15/08
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Sagadahoc

Bath, West Bath, Woolwich, Phippsburg, Arrowsic (FINAL)
Approved and operating as RSU1
Reorganization plan (under LD 910) - 2,353
This unit was created under separate legislation, LD 910, and approved by the Legislature.
See their website for additional information.

Georgetown
Alternative plan - 118
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Lisbon⁵ (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/24/08
Alternative plan - 1,411
Plan submitted by MSAD 75/Lisbon for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Addendum to Plan 6/23/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 75⁵ (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/5/08
Alternative plan - 2,972
Plan submitted by MSAD 75/Lisbon for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 5/27/08 | Commissioner's response

Somerset

MSAD 54 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/11/08
Alternative plan - 2,851
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 49 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 2,669
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 5/5/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 13/MSAD 74/Denniston Plantation/West Forks/The Forks/Caratunk/Pleasant Ridge Plantation/MSAD 59⁷
Reorganization plan - 2,149
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 12⁷
Plan Status: Unapproved configuration - 168

MSAD 53/MSAD 59⁷
APPROVED by Commissioner 5/7/08
REJECTED by voters at referendum 6/10/08
Reorganization plan - 2,197
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 53⁷
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Letter to Commissioner 6/18/08 | Commissioner's response
MSAD 53 Letter 8/8/08 | Commissioner Response

Waldo

MSAD 34/MSAD 56
APPROVED by Commissioner 7/9/08
PENDING APPROVAL by voters
Reorganization plan - 2,659
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 3 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 1,516
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Washington

Calais/Alexander/Robbinston/Baring Plantation/Crawford/Charlotte/Perry/Baileyville/Cooper/Grand Lake Stream/Meddybemps/Eastport/Princeton/Talmadge/Waite/East Range CSD/Pembroke/Dennysville/Vanceboro
Reorganization plan - 1,881
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Wesley/Northfield/Marshfield/Whitneyville/Roque Bluffs/Machias/Jonesboro/East Machias/Whiting/Cutler/Machiasport/MSAD 19
Reorganization plan (AOS) - 1,158
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response 3/24/08 | Commissioner's response 5/6/08

MSAD 37/Deblois/Beddington/Beals/Jonesport/Moosabec CSD
Reorganization plan - 1,052
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter Submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

York

Acton
Reorganization plan - 403
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Letter submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Biddeford (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 2,782
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 4/29/08 | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Kittery
Letter - 1,081
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline | Letter from Commissioner 5/14/08
Letter submitted 5/19/08 | Commissioner's response
Letter from Commissioner 8/11/08

MSAD 35 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/11/08
Alternative plan - 2,576
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 57 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/20/08
Alternative plan - 3,633
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline |Commissioner's response

MSAD 60 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 4/11/08
Alternative plan - 3,090
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 71/Arundel
Reorganization plan - 2,909
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Old Orchard Beach/Saco/Dayton
Plan status: Submitted to DOE; awaiting revisions
Reorganization plan - 4,124
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 8/15/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Sanford (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 7/16/08
Alternative plan - 3,450
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Letter submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan Submitted 7/14/08 | Commissioner's response

Wells-Ogunquit CSD⁶
Alternative plan - 1,415
Plan status: Unapproved configuration
Plan submitted by York/Wells-Ogunquit for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted by Wells-Ogunquit for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter from Commissioner 08/11/08

York⁶ (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 1,968
Plan submitted by York/Wells-Ogunquit for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted by York for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response 5/7/08 | Commissioner's response 5/14/08
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 6 (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 7/16/08
Alternative plan - 4,146
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan Submitted 7/14/08 | Commissioner's response

Island and Tribal School Plans Submitted

Chebeague Island (Island, Cumberland County) (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/19/08
Alternative plan - 39
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Long Island (Island, Cumberland County) (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/18/08
Alternative plan - 27
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Isle au Haut (Island, Knox County) (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 5/14/08
Alternative plan - 9
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan received for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

Islesboro (Island, Waldo County) (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 7/16/08
Alternative plan - 77
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Letter submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 7/14/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 7 (Island, Hancock County) (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 8/6/08
Alternative plan - 65
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted 8/4/08 | Commissioner's response

MSAD 8 (Island, Knox County) (FINAL)
APPROVED by Commissioner 6/19/08
Alternative plan - 206
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
Plan submitted for 3/28/08 deadline | Commissioner's response
Plan submitted for 6/13/08 deadline | Commissioner's response

MSAD 65 (Island, Knox County)
Alternative plan - 6
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |

Monhegan Island (Island, Lincoln County)
Alternative plan - 148
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |

Indian Island (Tribal, Penobscot County)
Alternative plan - 7
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |

Indian Township (Tribal, Washington County)
Alternative plan - 176
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |

Pleasant Point (Tribal, Washington County)
Alternative plan - 164
Plan status: In Progress
Plan submitted for 12/1/07 deadline | Commissioner’s response
No submission received for 3/28/08 deadline |

¹ This configuration did not meet the requirements of the original law, resulting in separate submissions from each of the SAUs. Revisions to the law passed on April 18, 2008, now allow for some regional school units between 1,000 and 1,200 students. Commissioner Gendron has found the configuration meets the revised requirements of the law.

² Raymond, Windham and Westbrook initially submitted a joint reorganization plan. Commissioner Gendron subsequently approved a request by Westbrook to file an alternative plan; the Commissioner has approved Raymond and Windham to file a reorganization plan.

³Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls initially submitted a joint reorganization plan with MSAD 15. Since then, Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls requested permission to file a reorganization plan separate from MSAD 15 and subsequently filed a reorganization plan. MSAD 15 filed an alternative plan.

⁴MSAD 47, China, Vassalboro, Winslow and Waterville initially filed Notices of Intent to form a single RSU. Subsequently, Waterville submitted a letter on 2/21/08 requesting to withdraw from the larger configuration. Waterville submitted an alternative plan in support of this request. Commissioner Gendron did not approve the request and asked the SAU to re-open discussions with MSAD 47 and Winslow/China/Vassalboro. See the Commissioner's response for more details. In August 2008, Winslow's school board voted not to submit the reorganization plan approved by the regional planning committee. MSAD 47 and China submitted a revised reorganization plan that would include Vassalboro, though Vassalboro's school bord subsequently declined to submit the plan. MSAD 47 and China revised their reorganization plan accordingly. Vassalboro, Winslow and Waterville then submitted Notices of Intent indicating their intention to draft a reorganization plan for an AOS. Commissioner Gendron approved this intent.

⁵ Commissioner Gendron approved MSAD 75's request to submit an alternative plan in place of its original intent to reorganize with Lisbon.

⁶ Commissioner Gendron approved the request by York to file an alternative plan in place of its original intent to reorganize with Wells-Ogunquit. She has not approved the request by Wells-Ogunquit to file an alternative plan due to concerns about sustainability and asked the SAU to re-open discussions with SAD 71; subsequently she asked the SAU to consider discussions with Kittery. See the commissioner's responses for more details.

⁷ Voters in SAD 53 approved the reorganization plan at referendum on June 10, 2008; voters in SAD 59 narrowly rejected the plan. As of early September SAD 59 joined the RPC that includes MSAD 13, MSAD 74, and other SAUs in the upper Kennebec region. The MSAD 12 (Jackman) school board voted to discontinue efforts with the RPC and is currently an unapproved configuration. The Commissioner wrote MSAD 53 in late August to encourage the SAU to pursue other partners.

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