School Consolidation Saves Money?

As of 2009, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association wrote that

The merger/consolidation research shows:

• There are no documented cases of financial savings from merger/consolidation.
• Merger/consolidation has had a negative impact on student achievement.
• The potential for adverse economic impact on smaller communities that lose facilities exists.

and last February in Maine, the Bangor Daily News said

Dale Douglass, executive director of the Maine School Management Association, which oversees statewide superintendent and school board associations, has been watching how consolidation has played out for the last three years.
“I’m not able with any certainty to tell you that consolidation has been a success or not. You have to examine it with verifiable data about what schools [used to] cost and what they cost now and if people are paying more or less than they are now,” Douglass said.
Because there is no information like this, “I think this is individual based and they’re not easily categorized. I won’t generalize. There are success stories out there and there are elements that people have questions about it.”

But personally I don't think "people are paying more or less than they are now." I think they're paying exactly what they are now. Right NOW!
Or then again, maybe not.