The district is advertising its merger strategy as a cost-saving strategy. It is well-established that mergers do not save any money in the longer term and sometimes increase cost. The problem of this District is COST. Therefore, dangling the merger talks as a cost saver appears to be a mere a stalling strategy by the Board. It should instead focus on preserving the school (or whatever parts of it can be saved) by relentlessly addressing cost issues. This should include substantial give-backs by the faculty and administration. It also should include creative strategies of cost-sharing and off-loading to the private sector. Only that is likely to save the school as a local community resource – merging will not accomplish this. It is mostly a red herring. How does the Board justify this (misguided) emphasis on a merger?
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