"Consolidate" is On Everyone's Lips!

Consolidation is such a great idea, you have to wonder why no one ever thought of it before!

Seriously, we bring you today a further permutation of the consolidation idea: a writing into law and regulation of consolidated high schools.

Resolved: That the Department of Education shall recommend to the State Board of Education an innovative model of consolidated and integrated secondary and postsecondary education that includes facilities for:

1. A regional high school;


2. A fully integrated career and technical high school;


3. A higher education center that will provide courses and degrees from both the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System; and


4. Centers of excellence that will provide industry-specific training; and be it further

Sec. 2. Criteria. Resolved: That the model selected pursuant to section 1 must:

1. Promote the development of a "one campus" design, where all facilities are located on one site, providing a streamlined and integrated learning experience for students of all ages;


2. Integrate and consolidate administrative responsibilities on the campus wherever possible, thereby reducing costs for overhead and shared functions;


3. Be located in a region with high schools whose consolidation would benefit future generations of students and provide reduced costs to the communities involved;

All of this is as has been foretold! (Just thought you'd like to know.) Link here.

Daniel, the prophet, a man of God,
He saw the writing on the wall in blood.
Belshezaar asked him what it said,
And Daniel turned to the wall and read:

You are weighed in the balance and found wanting,
Your kingdom is divided, it cannot stand.
You are weighed in the balance and found wanting,
Your houses are built upon the sand.

- Belshezaar, Johnny Cash, 1957