On Monday, Oct. 23, the Board of Education appointed Mr. Daniel Porter and Dr. Lee Peters of School Efficiency Services, Inc. to serve as consultants for the Maplewood annexation feasibility study.

Daniel Porter served as the lead study consultant. Mr. Porter has served since 2002 as the Deputy Executive Director of the Rural Schools Association. Mr. Porter is a retired Superintendent of Schools, serving as Superintendent of the Tully Central School District for seven years, and then serving as Superintendent of the Chittenango Central School District for ten years before retiring in July of 2002. He is well versed in the issues, instructional, financial, and technical that confront New York State public school districts.

Dr. Lee Peters served as a senior study consultant to the North Colonie and Maplewood Board of Education during their annexation study. During his twenty-four years as District Superintendent of the OCM BOCES in Syracuse, NY, he worked with Boards of Education in districts with enrollments from 300 students K-8 to districts of 11,000 students K-12. Throughout his thirty-six years as an educational leader, he made and keeps solid contacts with other leaders throughout the country.