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Superintendent recounts lengthy Act 46 merger process and recommends funded facilitation
Summary
Sherry Souza, superintendent of Mountain View Supervisory Union, described the multi-year voluntary merger under Act 46, noting educational and operational benefits, substantial time and legal costs, and recommending state-supported facilitators to ease future mergers.
Sherry Souza, superintendent of the Mountain View Supervisory Union, told the Senate Education Committee April 16 that the district’s voluntary merger under Act 46 required years of study committees, public forums and negotiations but ultimately produced greater instructional cohesion and governance consistency.
Souza described an exploratory process beginning in 2015, a study committee that held dozens of meetings and…
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