Twin Rivers USD Consolidation Project
Starting in July, the NSBA National Affiliate Program and the American School Board Journal will be undertaking a new project that we hope will be useful to school districts across the country, both now and in the near future. The project will examine the school consolidation process over the course of the 2008-2009 school year. In order to understand the process we need to examine all of the pieces, and put them together in a way that will create a useful tool that will help other districts. The focus of this effort will be the consolidation of four school districts that will become the Twin Rivers Unified School District located near Sacramento, California. School district consolidation is not new; it’s been around for some time. But how many times have you been able to look over the district’s shoulder and watch the process unfold?
During the course of the year you will be able to read about the process, hear what the individuals involved in the process think, and meet face-to-face with the people going through the process. We will even be creating a blog so you can voice your thoughts and questions about the process.