This merger study will examine whether the South Glens Falls Central School District should annex the Fort Edward Union Free School District. In an annexation, a new district is not created, rather; the annexed district (Fort Edward) is dissolved and becomes part of the annexing district (South Glens Falls).
An annexation is a merger in which one district remains as it was (with its own board of education, administration and other staffing) and the other is absorbed into it. The other type of merger is a centralization, in which both districts are dissolved, and a new district is formed. Districts must specify which type of merger they wish to explore before a study can begin.