Results of Special Town Meetings

The Towns of Ayer and Shirley, on March 6, 2010, have voted in favor of establishing a regional school district between the two towns.

Welcome

The Ayer/Shirley Regional Planning Board has been investigating the challenges and benefits of forming a school region between the two towns. The basic task of the RPB is to study the economic and educational feasibility of forming a region and to then make a recommendation to the Boards of Selectmen to bring a regional agreement for town meeting to vote on.

The ASRPB has been meeting weekly since earlier this fall and has completed its task. On November 17, 2009, the RPB voted to support a merger of the Ayer and Shirley school districts to form a pre-k through grade 12 regional school district. The formation of a school region creates a new governmental entity similar to a town or city; and can only be formed by a majority vote by a town meeting of each of the member towns.

This website has been created as a resource for the citizens of Ayer and Shirley to use and obtain information to help make that decision. We have included the information that the RPB utilized in its deliberations. We have also included the records of the group’s work (minutes, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) We have also included an option for you to submit a question of your own as well as a contact list that allows you the opportunity to contact RPB members directly.