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The Dublin Select Committee met Monday with Jay Schechter, chairman of the Dublin Education Advisory Committee, to align the goals of both groups, specifically to narrow the committee's focus and advance the exit feasibility study. Aimed at reaching an agreed work schedule. It was initiated by a writ of petition article approved at Town Meeting.
This study will be carried out by Conval School Board through a separate Feasibility Review Committee, but the City of Dublin will have the opportunity to prepare its own withdrawal feasibility report and Conval will make the town's decision to withdraw. If so, it will be submitted to the State Board of Education. The school district couldn't do it.
The DEAC was established to advise the Select Committee on how best to provide a cost-effective public education for students in Dublin, so if we wait for the report to be submitted, we will be able to provide practical information that the town can use. DEAC's job will be to provide relevant data. It was necessary.
Initial discussions centered on the withdrawal options for Dublin, specifically whether or not it would remain within SAU 1. Currently, ConVal School District is the only school district within his SAU 1. If Dublin were to leave the ConVal district, it would be able to operate its own elementary schools within SAU 1 while sending middle and high school students to ConVal.
While the DEAC is considering other potential options for public education in town, resident John Wood said the withdrawal approved by voters at Town Meeting would only result in Dublin leaving the district, and the entire SAU He pointed out that he was not leaving the country.
Schechter and the select committee agreed that the school board's feasibility study needs to be clear about its goals to ensure it is prepared with the right information.
The select committee also asked DEAC to seek additional input from Dublin residents. Schechter and the select committee decided to hold a public forum to present residents with the possibility of withdrawal and to prepare a survey for Dublin residents to share their thoughts on the withdrawal process. Although there was no agreed upon schedule by the conclusion of the meeting, DEAC and the Board of Selectmen will continue to work together to finalize a schedule in the coming weeks.
DEAC hopes that more members of the public will attend the sessions. His next DEAC meeting will be held on Tuesday 9th April in the lower floor of Dublin City Hall.
Dublin will soon reinstate its transfer station registration policy, which will require all residents to put a sticker on their car to dispose of rubbish at transfer stations. It's a system the town has used in the past, but has “gone off the rails” in recent years and could allow non-residents from neighboring towns to use the station, Select Board member Chris Raymond said. he said. To alleviate this problem, the Dublin Select Committee recently began discussing how best to reimplement the system.
On Monday, board members spoke with Town Clerk/Tax Collector Maureen Hulslander to coordinate the distribution of the stickers. After a short deliberation, the Select Board and Hulslander agreed to require proof of occupancy or occupancy or, in the case of residents renting property in town, a rental agreement each time a sticker is distributed. . The Town will distribute multiple stickers to residents who have multiple vehicles registered in the Town. Summer residents with out-of-state vehicle registrations may have to work with the town to obtain multiple stickers.
The town will begin managing transfer station stickers for 2024 and 2025 from early June. These are available at Town Hall during normal hours.
