Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Straw Poll Ballot Question

For those wondering just what they'll be voting on at the Public Hearings and Written Ballot Straw Polls to be held this week, the ballot question is posted below:


Please note that voting in favor of the recommended site for the proposed Valley Unified Regional School does not obligate the communities of the Valley Unified Educational Service Center to construct the school.

The outcome of the Straw Poll is intended only to help the State Board of Eduction determine if there is broad-based community support across the Upper St. John Valley for the recommended location of the school.

If there is broad-based support for the location, the Valley Unified Regional School Project will move to Phase II - Educational Vision Development and School Concept Design.

The Educational Vision Development will guide the School Concept Design which, in turn, will determine total project costs.

Total project costs for the construction of the new school versus keeping our current school facilities will provide the information necessary for citizens to make an informed decision about whether or not to support the construction of the proposed school.

The citizens of MSAD #27, the Madawaska School Department, and MSAD #33, through additional Public Hearings, Straw Polls, and local Public Referendums concerning the Educational Vision, the Concept Design, and Project Costs, will determine, at the conclusion of Phase II, whether to construct the school.

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