LIVERMORE FALLS – SAD 36 officials said they were unable to start budget deliberations Thursday night since the state hasn’t issued its list showing the amount the district will receive. Without those numbers, there is nothing on which to base the 2005-06 budget, Superintendent Terry Despres said, and it may delay the process as much as three weeks.
In other business, high school Principal Rod Wright announced that his school has been recommended to be accepted as a candidate for accreditation through the calendar year 2008.
The Commission on Public Schools commended the high school on its commitment to heterogeneous grouping, its long-standing advisory program, the development of portfolios, availability of common planning time, integration of technology in classroom instruction and the thoroughness of the application.
A review of all the district’s buildings, an initial step in proposed construction, will begin soon and will include a five-, 10- and 20-year statement of needs, Despres said.
Wright announced that the internal schedule at the high school will be rearranged to have advisor/advisee time at the beginning of the day, with classes to begin at 8:20. This may ease one of the scheduling problems at the high school, caused by the one-run busing, he said.
This does not affect the other schools and no other changes will be made to the schedules this year, Despres said.
SAD 36 directors voted to request that selectmen enforce the parking ordinance in front of the middle school. Vehicles park there illegally, such as during games, and there have been several violations. Recently, buses were unable to get through.
The resignation of Bessie Loewe, a longtime first-grade teacher, was announced, effective the end of the school year.
Also submitted was the resignation of a board member, Betsy DuBois of Livermore Falls, but no date was included. Chairman Denise Rodzen will discuss the matter with her to see if she can finish her term, which ends June 30.
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