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past student enrollment declines, persistent cost escalations, past budget
reductions, probable future budget reductions, and the inherent losses of
programs, services, and staffing, there is value in considering the merits
(and demerits) of structuring a more collaborative and cooperative working
relationship among the three school districts—including the possibility of
consolidation—in the future. In order to facilitate effective decision-making
on the part of the three School Boards and District Administrators, there is
a significant need for and value in commissioning a Consolidation
Feasibility Study by an experienced, school-based, independent third
party neutral firm.
It is to be noted that the status of Weyerhaeuser Area School District is
particularly precarious, given the organization’s diminutive critical student
mass (district size) and history of continuous student enrollment decline.
As a consequence, Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s District
Administrator and School Board have enthusiastically agreed to participate,
simultaneously, in two Consolidation Feasibility Study projects
involving—in the first instance—the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith-
Hawkins School District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District and—in
the second instance—the School District of Chetek and Weyerhaeuser
Area School District.
Roger Worner Associates, Inc. determined that the School Boards and
District Administrators were in a position to verify that the needs of the
School District of Bruce’s, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s, and
Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s Consolidation Feasibility Study
also included the following:
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