About Many Flags
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“Many Flags/One Campus” will be a robust, innovative and seamless learning environment co-locating on one campus a Regional High School, a Career and Technical Education School, a Higher Education Center, and an Industry Center of Excellence. It will serve students in grades 9-16 including adult learners.
Many Flags/One Campus is a new approach for an integrated secondary and post-secondary education system for Maine. This concept promotes educational excellence and administrative efficiency by integrating, both physically and virtually, the programs, students, faculty, staff, classrooms, labs, and technological infrastructure of:
- a network of Regional High Schools;
- a State-of-the-art Career &Technical Education Center;
- a Higher Education Center;
- and Industry Training Centers
The Many Flags Fact Sheet
♦ Vision: to create a robust, innovative learning environment that will co-locate on one campus a Regional High School, a Career and Technical Education School, an integrated Higher Education Center made up of the Maine Community College System and the University of Maine System, anf Industry Centers of Excellence - beginning with the Marine Systems Training Center run by the Maine Marine Trade Association.
♦ Education Model: To the extent possible, the co-located educational institutions will share resources and integrate programs and services provided to students and the community.
♦ Regional High School and Career and Technical School: It is anticipated that the Regional High School will be linked directly to and integrated with the Career and Technical School. They will develop integrated academic and technical programs to create a new high performing, applied learning high school for the Maine.
♦ Early College/Dual Enrollment: The new Regional High School and Career and Technical School will expand upon early college/dual enrollment opportunities currently in place with the Higher Education providers in the Midcoast. Many Regional High School and Career and Technical School students will be able to earn several post secondary level credits and/or certificates by the time they graduate from High School. WE will explore te possibility of a 5 year HS program that may end in an Associates Degree.
♦ The Higher Education Center: It is anticipated that the Higher Education Center will be a separate building(s) on the Many Flags campus. It will be well integrated into the campus design and readily accessible to the High School and Career and Technical School students on the Many Flags campus. The Higher Education Center will initially house a branch of Kennebec Valley Community College, the University College at Rockland (University of Maine System) plus space for Univ. Maine graduate courses and programs privided through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Undergraduate and graduate courses will be offered live and via distance education technologies.
♦ Marine Systems Training Center: Industry Centers of Excellence (that will be managed by private sector induistry groups) will be a key part of the Many Flags campus. The first such "center" will be the Marine Systems Training Center (MSTC) - run by te Maine Marine Trades Association. The MSTC on the Many Flags campus will provide a wide array of boat building, design, engineering and marine trades courses for high school students, college level students, and workers in the marine trades industry who need advanced and continuing education to perform their jobs. The Marine Systems Training Center will use the facilities and resources of the Many Flags campus and may also have buildings designated specifically for its own use. The Marine Systems Training Center will employ instructors and offer programs from existing boat building and marine systems education providers such as the Community College system, the Landings School, the American Boat and Yacht Commission (ABYC certified courses), and Original Equipment Manufacturers.
♦ Enrollment Numbers: We anticipate the following enrollment numbers on the Many Flags Campus:
- Regional High School: 700 -750 students
- Career and Technical School: an additional 300 high school level students from other sending schools
- Higher Ed Center:
Within 2 years: 1000 College level students
Within 5 years: 2000 College level students
♦ Marine Systems Training Center students: 500/yr
♦ Adult Education students: unknown at this time
♦ Senior College Students: 450
♦ Campus Size and Location: While a location has not yet been selected, we can make the following assumptions about the campus site:
- Approximately 100 acres of build-able land will be needed
- It must be centrally located within the RSU 13 & Region 8 School Districts
- It must be accessible to all students.
- There will be no student housing on campus. This will be a commuter campus, only
- While the Regional HS, Career & Tech School, Higher Ed Center, and Marine Systems Training Center will be co-located on one integrated and connected campus with many shared areas and facilituies, there will also be design considerations to ensure that High School-aged students are appropriately supervised, and to ensure a separate, supportive college environment for adults studying at the Higher Education Center.
♦ Cost Assumptions – while we do not know how much the Many Flags Campus will cost to design and construct, we can make the following assumptions:
- We anticipate that vast majority of new HS & Voc Tech school construction costs will be covered by state funds.
- Local voters will be made aware of all of the anticipated costs and must approve the expenditure, via referendum, prior to any commitments being made.
- It is anticipated that the Higher Ed Center and Marine Systems Center will be privately funded (donors/foundation/industry sponsors)
- We do not currently anticipate that the Higher Ed Center or the Marine Systems Center will be paid for with any taxpayer dollars.
Many Flags Foundation
The Many Flags/One Campus (MF/OC) Foundation an independent, 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization that actively works with all of its public and private partners to advance this innovative educational concept which will serve as a model for integrated and seamless secondary and post secondary education in Maine, and the nation.
Our mission is simple and straightforward:
We are dedicated to the advancement of the
Many Flags/One Campus (MF/OC) educational model.
The Many Flags/One Campus Foundation will:
- convene leaders in education, business, financial, and public policy;
- assist with outreach and public relations;
- lead the extensive private fundraising effort that will be required;
- solicit support from all public and private partners;
- assist community leaders in forging a new educational model for our region.
Foundation Board of Directors:
- Loren Andrews - President – Cushing resident
- Chris Rector – Vice President – Thomaston resident
- Jamie Doubleday – Secretary – Thomaston resident
- Dave Matthews – Treasurer – Owls Head resident
- Dwight Blue – Board Member - Warren resident
- John Bird – Board Member – Spruce Head resident
- George Terrien – Board Member - Rockland resident
- Jim Patterson – Board Member – Camden resident
- Emily Davis – Board Member - Hope resident
- Cabot Lyman- Board Member – Cushing resident
- Bob Hirsch – Board Member – Owls Head resident
- Patrick Cardon – Board Member – Cushing resident
- Tim Hathorne – Board Member – Union resident
- Jeff Charland – Board Member - Rockland resident
- Jeff Northgraves - Board Member - S. Thomaston
- Bill Reinhardt - Board Member - St. George
Many Flags/One Campus Foundation Board meetings take place 4:00 - 6:00 PM on the 2nd Wednesday of Jan; March; May; July; Sept; and Nov. Contact alan@manyflags.org for specific location and agenda.
- Scott Vaitones – Business Mgr RSU 13 (Neal Guyer – alternate)
- Greg Hamlin – RSU 13 Bd Chair
- Loren Andrews – RSU 13 rep
- Beth Fisher – Director of Region 8 Mid Coast School of Technology
- Edmund Hartt – Region 8 Bd Chair
- Lauren Brampton – Region 8 Bd
- Susan Pratt – Supt SAD 40 (Medomak Valley HS)
- Bonnie Davis-Micue – Chair SAD 40 (Medomak Valley HS)
- Tod Brown – SAD 40 (Medomak Valley HS)
- William Shuttleworth – Supt Five Town CSD (Camden Hills HS)
- Tori Manzi – Five Town CSD Bd (Camden Hills HS)
- Matthew Dailey – 5 Town CSD Bd (Camden Hills HS)
- Deb Meehan - Director, University College at Rockland
- Sue McCullough - University of Maine – Hutchinson Ctr
- Mark Harmon – Kennebec Valley Community College
- John Bird – Bd mbr on the Many Flags Foundation
- Chris Rector – State Sen. founding mbr of Steering Comm
- Jamie Doubleday – founding mbr of Steering Comm
Many Flags Program Design "Steering Committee"
The Many Flags Steering Committee meets 4:00 - 6:00 PM on the 2nd Monday of every month. Contact alan@manyflags.org for specific location, agenda and meeting notes.
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Stakeholder Support :
The Many Flags/One Campus model is supported/endorsed by a wide array of public and private organizations and businesses.
Click here to see the list of supporters for the Many Flags model.
