OXFORD – The school board unanimously approved hiring three new administrators for three SAD 17 schools.
Two are slated to eventually replace current school leaders. Troy Eastman will start as assistant principal at Oxford Hills Middle School under Harold Small.
Dr. Mark Eastman, superintendent of schools and no relation to Troy Eastman, said Troy could replace Small in a year or two. Small has indicated he is ready to leave the job.
At the Monday night school board meeting, the superintendent said Troy Eastman has “deep roots in the area.” He grew up in Buckfield, lives in Sumner and has been assistant principal at the Raymond Elementary School, a K-8 school with 580 students.
Troy Eastman also worked as a special education teacher for two different school districts. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maine at Farmington and completed the assistant principal program at University of Southern Maine.
“I look forward to working with parents and staff, and becoming a stronger part of the community,” Troy Eastman said at the board meeting.
The board also hired Mary Lou Peterson to serve as assistant principal of Paris Elementary School.
Dr. Mark Eastman called Peterson an outstanding educator and an expert at the state level in literacy.
Peterson graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a bachelor’s degree in child development and received a master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in reading, as well as completed graduate work at UMaine in literacy and reading recovery.
Peterson is the literacy coordinator at the Oxford Elementary School and is an adjunct instructor for the University of Maine at Orono, as well as a Reading First instructor for the Maine Department of Education.
Jane Courcy will become a part-time adult education director, working under Judy Green. The superintendent said Courcy could step into Green’s position in a year.
Courcy has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Bates College and a master’s degree in adult education from University of Southern Maine. She will be fully certified as an adult education director next summer.
She has worked for Western Maine Health Care, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Child Development Services.
Eastman described Courcy as invested in the community and equipped with experiences that help her understand adult learners.
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