WEST PARIS — Profound, wonderful, fantastic, amazing. These are only a few of the words that some 15 educators from across Maine used to describe the Agnes Gray Elementary School’s outdoor classroom. The teachers, from all grade levels, came from Ashland, Old Town, Standish, Gray-New Gloucester and other school districts across the state, along with educators […]
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SAD 17 puts proficiency grading on hold
PARIS —Action by the SAD 17 Board of Directors on a proficiency-based grading and graduation policy has been postponed indefinitely. Superintendent Rick Colpitts said he intends to recommend to the Board of Directors that the school district continue with the current grading and graduation policy for the next school year. “Based on the feedback I […]
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Kugell won’t seek chair again
OXFORD HILLS — Veteran SAD 17 Director and Chairman Ron Kugell announced at the June 18 Board of Directors meeting that he will not seek election as the board chair next month. Kugell who has served as chairman for many of his 34 years on the board said he was making the announcement early to […]
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SAD 17 construction funding getting closer
PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its Monday night meeting that the Oxford Hills Middle School and Agnes Gray Elementary School construction projects may be only a year or two away from state funding. The State Board of Education has released its priority school construction list and has ranked […]
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SAD 17 re-examines field trip practices
NORWAY — All water-based field trips have been stopped until school officials re-examine their practices and policies. Superintendent Rick Colpitts informed the SAD 17 Board of Directors in a June 15 memo that they will review the school district’s own field trip policy, using in part, information that the Lewiston schools may learn after their own […]
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High School cafeteria kitchen reopens, others still closed
PARIS — State inspectors ok’d the opening of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria kitchen last week, but two other classroom kitchens remain closed because cleanup has not been completed. State inspectors made the final inspection of the high school cafeteria kitchen approving its opening on May 30, almost four weeks after it and kitchens […]
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SAD 17 directors discuss proficiency-based education
PARIS — SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the Board of Directors at its June 4 meeting that proficiency-based education will allow Oxford Hills School District students to gauge “where they are now, where they want to be and how to get there” in their learning process. What it will not do, said administrators, is take […]
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Agnes Gray dedicates outdoor classroom area
WEST PARIS – The Agnes Gray Elementary School unveiled its year-long vision to connect students to nature during an open house in the school’s backyard last week. Principal Beth Clarke welcomes scores of parents and students and their families to the school on the evening of May 23 to see the vision that came to […]
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School budget ready for voters
PARIS — Voters from the SAD 17 eight district towns will be asked to approve a $39.9 million warrant when the annual budget meeting/hearing gets underway Thursday, June 7 at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the OHCHS Forum. The SAD Board of Directors approved the proposed […]
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School security topic of SAD 17 discussion
PARIS – SAD 17 Director Bob Jewell told his fellow board members last week that additional measures should be taken now, rather than later, to ensure students and staff are safe in the district schoolrooms. With two more shootings on school campuses resulting in the death of 11 students and teachers occurring nationwide and since […]