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of P-K-12 school districts (involving nearly 1,000 school districts), including
numerous multi-school district studies in which participating school
organizations considered enhanced collaboration/cooperation,
restructuring, or consolidation as viable options for preserving and
protecting school, community, student, program and service, staffing, and
facility assets.
It was determined the Consolidation Feasibility Study would include
analyses of the school districts’ enrollments, enrollment trends, programs,
services, staffing, facilities, and related organizational components. The
study was designed to gather and analyze multi-school district data,
present findings, draw conclusions, identify alternatives, and prepare
recommendations that would be valuable for the District Administrators and
School Boards of the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith-Hawkins School
District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District in delineating preferred
courses of action for the future.
The timetable for the Consolidation Feasibility Study spanned
approximately 4½ months, commencing on or about July 30, 2008 and
concluding on or about December 15, 2008. (It is to be noted that the
contract document was not executed until August 11, 2008 and the first
meeting with the school districts’ leaderships did not occur until August 20,
2008).
1.1 Need for the Study
The leadership of the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith-Hawkins School
District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District recognize that, as a result
of the organizations’ small critical masses by State of Wisconsin standards,
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