STRONG — The RSU 58 board Thursday reviewed a new district website design that offers clear and updated material for parents, students and communities.

District technology director Angel Allen offered a slide show of the new Web page design, the data available on Mt. Abram High School and Phillips Elementary School, and plans to add updated pages for Strong and Kingfield elementary schools.

“I can’t tell you it’s going to be finished, because a website is never finished,” she said.

Each school will retain its distinctive identity, she said, and schedules and events will be posted and updated regularly.

On the SAD 58 home page, parents can click on Parent Resources to learn about Common Sense Media, which includes information about and reviews of Internet sites, video games, movies and television shows.

Allen also has listed Kid Friendly Websites, compiled the district’s Title I Teachers. Another resource, Apple Education Store for Maine Parents, offers discounts on computer purchases for parents.

Superintendent Brenda Stevens announced that the Franklin County Children’s Task Force will offer the Strong Elementary School’s parents-teachers group an overview of issues around student Internet use.

“I urge you to attend this,” she told the audience.

The presentation is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13. It will offer information for parents and other adult family members and caregivers who may want to learn more about cyberbullying, safe computer use, and leaving safe digital footprints. Audience members will have a chance to ask questions and discuss concerns with local law enforcement, teachers and administrators, and community educators.

In other news, Stevens said she and finance director Luci Milewski spent many hours preparing preliminary figures for the 2014-15 budget.

“We were tasked to cut 10 percent on the budget, and we did,” Stevens said. She will present preliminary figures to the board at the Jan. 23 meeting at Mt. Abram High School.

At an earlier meeting with the Maine School Management Association, directors learned about the process of conducting a search for a new superintendent.

Stevens announced in December that she would retire June 30.

The association will provide resources, and the board agreed to allow the five-member search committee to spend up to $1,500. The committee and board plan to have a new superintendent on board by July 1.