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Discussions are going on around the region as to how our schools should be organized. In Maine, the Governor and Education Commissioner are pushing a sweeping plan to cut down the number of school administrative units from one-hundred-fifty-two down to twenty-six, causing quite a mixed reaction. Here in New Hampshire, some towns, like Barnstead, have been pushing to break off from their SAUs and go it alone. We'll look at these various plans for shrinking, expanding or maintaining the status quo on SAUs and the reasons behind them. Jon's guests are Ted Comstock, Executive Director of the New Hampshire School Boards Association and Jim Rier, Director of Finance and Operations for Maine's Department of Education.