RSU 56 principals of Dirigo Elementary School in Peru and TW Kelly Middle School in Dixfield talk about setting goals and creating interventions to help students who are unable to meet or exceed grade-level expectations on standardized testing.
Marianne Hutchinson
Marianne Hutchinson is a general assignment reporter for the Rumford Falls Times. She has worked for the Times for three years covering the RSU 10 and RSU 56 school boards encompassing the towns of Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield and other nearby towns in the River Valley area. She also covers the selectmen’s and town meetings and other activities of the towns of Canton and Andover. Marianne has lived in Lewiston for 33 years with her husband, Dennis. She graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in Journalism and advertising. Before becoming a reporter for the Times she held various positions as an educational technician for English as a Second Language students of Lewiston schools and as a proofreader and production editor for Pine Tree Composition, a former typesetting company in Lewiston. In her spare time, she loves to read books, especially memoirs, and articles from newspapers and magazines. She also likes to attend exercise classes at the YMCA in Auburn or go for bike rides with her husband and friends. During the winter months she enjoys snowshoeing and cross-country skiing with family and friends.
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RSU 10 board meets exchange students
Twelve exchange students attending Mountain Valley High School came to the RSU 10 board of directors meeting to introduce themselves to the board last Tuesday.
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State OKs funding for new K-to-8 school for RSU 10
Students from three schools in Rumford and Mexico would be housed in the building.
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Peru school evacuated; no propane leak found
One employee taken to hospital after feeling lightheaded.
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Canton tax rate unchanged for sixth year
Selectmen set it at $17.50 per $1,000 of property valuation.
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PHOTOS: Face to face with firefighters in Mexico
Mexico firefighters spoke to Meroby Elementary School students Thursday about how to be safe during a fire.
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RSU 56 backs $12.79M budget for fourth round of voting
The RSU 56 board of directors is proposing a $12.79 million budget as their fourth school budget proposal of this year. The budget is an increase of 4.1% over current spending.
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Fleece mittens warming hands, hearts of dialysis patients
Georgette Beauchesne and the Rumford Area Quilters have donated 1,250 mittens to 15 dialysis centers throughout Maine.
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Students check out options for the future at education fair in Mexico
Bethel, Dixfield and Rumford high school students learn about college, job and trades opportunities.
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4th school budget to be offered in RSU 56
RSU 56 board approved a 4.1% budget increase for their fourth-round school budget proposal. The board plans to vote on the school budget numbers again at their October 8 meeting.