PARIS — Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts recommended to directors Monday evening that they take no action now to make up six snow days. “It is far better to do nothing, but if we get two or three more snow days, I think we will have to do something,” he said. As of […]
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RSU 9 approves nonunion staff contracts
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board voted 11-2 Tuesday to accept its Contract Resolution Committee’s recommendation to give a 2.03 percent wage increase to nonunion Central Office staff, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. The action on the office staff contract and another one for nonunion nutritional staff followed a nearly two-hour executive session. […]
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SAD 17 board OKs $39.1 million budget
PARIS — The SAD 17 board of directors Monday evening unanimously approved a $39.1 million spending plan for 2016-17 and reduced the amount to be raised by local taxpayers in the eight towns. “Nobody will be higher than 5 percent,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said Monday. The local share was reduced from 2.12 percent of the […]
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SAD 17 summer classes face financial challenge
PARIS — SAD 17 directors were told Monday night that a three-year pilot summer program increased student academic achievement, but it will take more money to continue or expand it this summer. “If I were in Falmouth (school district) I would run this program in a heartbeat at every level,” Pat Carson, director of Applied […]
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Farmington, New Vineyard teens to represent Mt. Blue students
FARMINGTON — Lexi Daggett of New Vineyard and Brooklynn Winters of Farmington both want students to have a voice at the school board. The two Mt. Blue High School juniors were welcomed by Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday night at Mt. Blue Campus. The school board changed the policy in March to allow four […]
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RSU 9 board considers adding 2 student representatives
FARMINGTON — A revised policy was introduced to Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday that would allow four student representatives instead of two to serve on the school board in an advisory capacity. The current policy calls for one junior to be appointed each year to serve a two-year term. Currently, senior Autumn Clair of […]
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Middle school lacrosse coming to Oxford Hills
PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School, thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal […]
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Executive director of Mahoosuc Arts Council steps down
BETHEL — Aranka Matolcsy is stepping down as Mahoosuc Arts Council’s executive director after nearly seven years. Matolcsy said she made the “difficult decision” in August to pursue new life goals. “I want to convey my sincere thanks to the members of the greater Bethel area and beyond,” Matolcsy said. “It was a tremendous honor […]
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RSU 4 budget goes to referendum vote
WALES — Superintendent Jim Hodgkin presented a revised Regional School Unit 4 budget of $18,564,945, reduced $51,000 from the budget rejected last month, to approximately 44 voters at the town meeting Wednesday evening. Hodgkin opened the meeting with a short presentation explaining how the reduced budget had been configured and expressed his satisfaction in the […]
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SAD 17 board approves team trip
PARIS — School Administrative District 17 directors voted Monday evening to allow the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School varsity baseball team to miss three days of school to play in a preseason tournament in North Carolina next spring. The vote was 11-4. The majority agreed to send the hand-selected team to North Carolina from April […]