School Consolidation Public Hearings Begin Monday

Beginning on Monday, December 17, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. at the Diana Elementary School, public hearings will be held by the Board of Education on the proposed school consolidation plan.

The Commentator has conducted a poll on the plan, with a total of 64 votes cast. 17 voted in favor of  all parts the plan; 26 voted against all parts of the plan; 13 voted in support of closing the Diana school but opposed the other parts of the plan; 3 voted against closing the Diana school but supported the other parts of the plan; and 5 voted that they did not yet have enough information to express an opinion about the plan.

To cast your vote on the plan, please click on the following link:

http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/school-consolidation-plan-poll.html

The public meetings will be held as follows (with the second date set as an alternate date in case of inclement weather or other factors beyond the Board's control):

12-17-12 (12-21-12) Diana Elementary School at 6:00 pm
12-18-12 (12-22-12) Webster Springs Elementary School at 6:00 pm
12-19-12 (12-26-12) Webster County High School at 6:00 pm
12-20-12 (12-27-12) Glade Middle School at 6:00 pm
12-20-12 (12-27-12) Glade Elementary School at 7:00 pm

At the public hearings, interested parties must sign up to speak at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting, and each person is limited to a three minute presentation.

Here are the links to our prior articles in the order they were published (we strongly recommend that you watch the videos of Superintendent Martha Dean's responses to questions about the plan, which is the last link below):
1. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/10/breaking-news-superintendent-proposes.html
2. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/10/superintendent-fears-state-takeover-if.html
3. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/school-consolidation-plan-hot-topic-at.html
4. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/school-consolidation-plan-remains.html
5. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/financial-reasons-for-webster-school.html
6. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/countys-elementary-schools-outshine.html
7. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/is-state-takeover-of-webster-schools.html
8. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/11/questions-about-proposed-school.html
9. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/12/actions-required-by-board-of-education.html
10. http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2012/12/superintendent-martha-dean-responds-to.html