PARIS — School Superintendent Rick Colpitts believes, and the Oxford Hills School District Meal Charge Policy supports, that all students should be fed regardless of whether they have the money to pay for the meal or not. But school officials say parents need to step up to the plate and make sure their child has […]

PARIS — This week President Donald Trump told the nation in his State of the Union Address that vocational schools are important. The brief, but significance statement, was punctuated by Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III when he provided the Democratic response standing on a podium in the automotive repair garage surrounded by scores of students […]

PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors were told at its January 8 meeting that addressing the need for intervention in grades 3-6 could cost more than $1 million. Superintendent Rick Colpitts presented the directors with what a team of school leaders believe could set the district on the right path toward improving student […]

PARIS — Students attending the CAPS program are clear about one thing. The program works for them. The onsite alternative program at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School,  is designed for students who have chosen to approach their education in a less traditional classroom setting, teacher Kevin Daley explained. Daley said CAPS (Connections for Academic and […]

PARIS — Mark your calendars. The FY 2019 Oxford Hills School District budget process starts today, Dec. 14 when cost center managers begin their budget preparation. The process will conclude on June 12 when voters in all eight towns in the school district go to the polls to validate the final number. Superintendent Rick Colpitts […]

PARIS — The Oxford Hills School District continues to see significant savings from some of the energy projects it has implemented in all eight school buildings over the last decade. Business Manager Cathy Coffey reported to the Board of Directors at its December 4 meeting that overall in Fiscal 2018, the district has a positive […]

PARIS — The Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will begin a indoor track club as soon as this week, that organizers hope will evolve into a full program. Athletic Director Kevin Ryan said he hopes the new club, which was approved by the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its Nov. 20 meeting, will start practising […]

PARIS — Fifteen students from an Oxford Hills Middle School classroom will hold a “pallet party” to raise money to buy gifts for elementary and middle school students for Christmas, said Michele Wood, a teacher at the school. Wood, a social studies and writing teacher at Oxford Hills Middle School, said that she and the other […]

OTISFIELD — Parents of children going to Otisfield Community School are attempting to raise enough money to replace the school’s playground with newer, safer equipment. Melissa Hutchinson, a member of the Otisfield Community School PTO and a parent to a first-grader at the school, said that the school’s playground is “made up of all old metal […]