Nina Schlikin informed selectmen of a perceived inequality between towns by residents.
POLAND – Union 29 Superintendent Nina Schlikin made a public call for residents of Minot, Mechanic Falls and Poland to help define goals and strategies for improving education in the tri-town area.
Speaking at Tuesday’s Poland Board of Selectmen meeting, Schlikin told selectmen results of an Oct. 25 workshop indicated residents thought inequality existed between the three towns and wondered what, if any, long-term goals the union has set.
She outlined plans to create several task forces to work on everything from curriculum development to inter-town cooperation.
“People didn’t feel like they had a lot of involvement in decision making,” she said. “We’re trying to change that. We want the best thinking from all the stakeholders in the communities to help us become No. 1 in the state.”
Schlikin invited anyone interested to call the superintendent’s office to sign up for a working committee, receive an educational values survey or just learn more information. The phone number is 346-6221.
She also updated the board on plans to move the aging superintendent’s office from its current location on Elm Street in Mechanic Falls to a new spot in either Mechanic Falls, Minot or Poland, in that order. Given that Poland Regional High School is already in Poland, she said the desire is to locate the new office in either Mechanic Falls or Minot.
She mentioned the old railroad station or The Nickelodeon in downtown Mechanic Falls as possible locations, but said the union would have to wait until after spring town meetings before making a decision.
In other town business, selectmen voted to draw up formal purchasing procedures for each town department, as none currently exist. A draft is due later in the month.
Selectmen also heard from designer Mark Gray regarding the progress of Poland’s $2.3 million bus dispatch center, garage expansion and sand shed.
Gray said all the necessary permits were in from the town, and the required state permits were expected to arrive shortly.
He said construction could begin as early as this winter. After much deliberation, selectmen settled on a color scheme of sandstone sidings with colonial-red roofs and trim.
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