2017 : Education
Smaller School Districts Sharing Admin Functions
Many smaller school districts are partnering with neighboring ones to share admin functions, including purchasing, payroll, and other back office tasks. It is not unusual to have one superintendent for multiple school districts. This is a step toward consolidation even though actual mergers have been rejected by voters. This level of integration eliminates some jobs and seems to be working.
Influenced Scenarios
Evidence
Voters Approve Etown Westport School Merger
The merger of the school districts will be the first in the State since 2003. Elementary schools will remain where they are. Middle school will be in Westport, High school will be in Etown.
Read the news story here
Bolton and Schroon Lake Merge Baseball and Softball Programs
To compensate for declining enrollment, Bolton Central School and Schroon Lake Central School will be merging their modified, junior varsity, and varsity baseball and softball programs this year.
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8 North Country School Districts Hired CASDA For Report on Future Collaborations
8 School Districts within the Adirondack Park have hired the Capital Area School Development Association to create a report on possible ways the schools can share administrative functions and work together to receive greater funding opportunities. The schools involved are: Indian Lake, Long Lake, Minerva, Warrensburg, Johnsburg, Newcomb, North Warren, Schroon Lake
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Westport and Elizabethtown to Share a Superintendent
This is a 2 year trial of the idea of Superintendent sharing. Success could mean similar efforts among other smaller districts.
Read the news story here.
E-town and Westport to Merge Soccer
Shared Services a Topic in Westport Schools
Westport, Willsboro, Keene and Elizabethtown-Lewis having conversations about various shared services opportunities.
Read the news story here.
Read the news story here.
Two Small Districts Share High School Elective Couses
Saratoga County’s rural Hadley-Luzerne Central School District and adjoining Corinth Central School District have
agreed to share the costs of providing high school elective courses that would
otherwise be eliminated by budget cuts.
This effort was highlighted in the Adk Council's 2013 State of the Park report.
This effort was highlighted in the Adk Council's 2013 State of the Park report.
Small school rejects merger with partner school
Abraham Wing school already tuitions it's high school students to a neighboring district but, still, voters rejected a merger of the districts.
The news story is here. It is worth reading becuase it shows how difficult it is to get voter approval for mergers, even when they are obvious.Lake Placid and Saranac Lake schools study merger
The two school boards voted to seek funds to study a merger. Tupper Lake decided not to join the study
The news story is here.For Smaller School Districts Sharing Admin Functions
For Smaller School Districts Sharing Admin Functions