EDUCATION: 4 Madison Co. Schools Look into Merger Possiblities

2-14-11. Faced with dwindling enrollment and declining state aid, four rural Madison County school districts are looking into merger partnerships. Superintendents from Morrisville-Eaton, Hamilton, Madison and Stockbridge Valley met with an education consultants and paired off to discuss opportunities for sharing costs and other consolidation efforts. Instead of a four-way merger, the districts paired off based on similarities in enrollment, tax rates and educational philosophies. Hamilton and Morrisville-Eaton will work together; Stockbridge Valley partnered with Madison Central. The districts have applied for funding from the state Department of Education for merger feasibility studies. Reporter: Alaina Potrikus/Post Standard http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/four_madison_county_school_dis.html