PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors were told at its May 21 meeting that seven students were suspended from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School after they arrived at the May 12 prom under the influence of an illegal substance. The issue was brought to the table by Director Bob Jewell who asked why there […]
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McGreevy named Oxford County Teacher of Year
PARIS – Oxford Hills Middle School math teacher Jessica McGreevy has been named Oxford County Teacher of the Year by the Maine Department of Education. The announcement was made by the DOE on May 10 when teachers from each of Maine’s 16 counties were honored in the state capitol’s Hall of Flags at the annual […]
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SAD 17 calendar creation not so easy
PARIS — Creating a school calendar can be a challenge. Just ask the SAD 17 Board of Directors, who on May 7 adopted the 4th revision of the proposed 2018-2019 school year calendar. While some of the four revisions were minor glitches, such as realizing that graduation had unintentionally been set for a Sunday instead […]
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SAD 17 China agreement … in detail
PARIS — School officials say a recently signed agreement between SAD 17 and its sister school in Jinhua, China to bring tuition-paying Chinese students to the Oxford Hills School District, is a good opportunity for everyone involved. Whether it is seen as a plus culturally, educationally, financially, as a pathway for Chinese students to enter U.S college […]
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SAD 17 able to reduce budget, town assessments
PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors approved a proposed Fiscal 2019 budget at its May 7 meeting that is nearly $229,000 less than the budget presented to the board last month. “We actually made some headway,” School Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the directors of further efforts made to reduce the budget and to include […]
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Chinese students can now graduate at OHCHS
PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors approved the proposed fiscal 2019 budget, an agreement with a Chinese high school that will allow students from that country to get a diploma here and ok’d a proficiency based education policy. But not without some dissent. In a nearly two-and-a-half-hour meeting Monday night, the board approved […]
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War on mice at OHCHS
PARIS — Efforts continue this week to eradicate what has been called “excessive” presence of mice in the school’s kitchen that temporarily shut down the food service facilities. Director of Facilities Dean Dillingham told the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its May 7 meeting that inspectors continue to monitor the situation and efforts to clean […]
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School construction still waiting for state
PARIS — School officials will have to wait at least another month or two for a decision from the state Department of Education on whether funding will be available to renovate or rebuild the Oxford Hills Middle School and Agnes Gray Elementary School. “The release of major capital construction list has been delayed yet again,” […]
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Laplante appointed to fill Celeste seat
PARIS — Former Harrison Selectwoman Kathy Laplante has been appointed that town’s representative to the SAD 17 Board of Directors replacing controversial director Robert Celeste who resigned last month after members of the community called for his resignation after discovering comments he had made that they deemed as racist. Laplante, who will serve until the next […]