UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The boards of the Upper Lake Union Elementary School District and the Upper Lake Union High School District will hold another joint meeting on Wednesday night to continue discussing criteria for a potential unification.
The meeting will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in the cafeteria at Upper Lake High School, 675 Clover Valley Road.
This will be the third joint meeting this year that the boards have had as they consider possibly making the two districts one entity.
The process includes the consideration of a number of criteria required by state education code.
On March 4, the boards approved the first three: the reorganized districts will be adequate in terms of number of pupils enrolled; the districts are each organized on the basis of a substantial community identity; and the proposal will result in an equitable division of property and facilities of the original district or districts.
The last time the two district boards came together, on March 25, they approved three more: addressing the potential for segregation and discrimination in a unification process, that the unification will not result in substantial cost increases to the state and that there will be a sound educational program.
Board members also discussed three other criteria, which will be up for approval on Wednesday: that the unification would not result in a significant increase in school housing costs, that the unification is primarily designed for purposes other than to significantly increase property values and that bringing the two districts together would not cause a substantial adverse effect on the fiscal management or fiscal status of the new unified district.
Also on Wednesday, the boards will get a status report that covers the list of questions and answers on unification provided by the districts and also will receive a draft feasibility report on the two districts' proposed unification.
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Upper Lake school boards to hold next joint meeting on unification question Wednesday night
- Elizabeth Larson
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