 should the legislature pass legislation to create countywide school systems to consolidate services  yes no undecided school consolidation i was board chair of the district for 10 of my 12 years on the board in that time we consolidated almost all of our administrative services we have enjoyed significant savings and improved services we have built a wonderful mouse trap and i shared much of what we have done with a state senate committee i know we can achieve the same savings by the state simply incenting schools to do so by their choice not by mandate i m not totally sold on our isd s and their ability to lead either countywide school systems  i believe that clinton county resa does a good job in providing special education and vocational technical educational services to clinton county residents and their students however to expand ccresa s duties and responsibilities to include providing countywide food services busing and transportation etc is unnecessary and possibly more expensive for taxpayers i m also concerned that ccresa or clinton county intermediate school district board members are not popularly elected by local voters rather they are elected by a special ballot cast only by members of constituent local school boards and then mailed to ccresa the ccresa board should be nonpartisan and they should be democratically elected by registered voters in annual elections let democracy rule here in clinton county under our state and national constitutions   should the legislature pass legislation create countywide school systems consolidate services  