TURNER — School Administrative District 52 is reorganizing its bus schedule for next week to work around a shortage of six full-time drivers. Board of Directors Chairwoman Betsy Bullard said the board heard from Dan Labrie, the district’s new transportation and facilities director, at Thursday night’s regular meeting with an update on the first week […]
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SAD 52 school board takes bus tour to scope out needed repairs
TURNER — SAD 52 directors and administrators took a 2½-hour bus tour Thursday to check out four schools while they consider pursuing a bond for repairs. “It’s one thing to present to the board different problems with sidewalks and curbing or bus loops, it’s another thing to get a visual,” Superintendent Kimberly Brandt said Friday. […]
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Morning meetings, positive postcards come to Turner Elementary School
GREENE — School Administrative District 52 directors voted Thursday night to keep Betsy Bullard as chairwoman. They also heard from Superintendent Kimberly Brandt, who shared some of the great happenings at Turner Elementary School, including new school-wide Responsive Classroom morning meetings. “I was able to join several morning meetings this year and I saw students […]
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Turner, Leeds voters say yes, Greene says no; MSAD 52 budget passes
TURNER — SAD 52 residents passed the 2018-19 school budget on a 264-167 vote Friday night, according to Superintendent Kimberly Brandt. Voters in Turner and Leeds both passed the budget. Voters in Greene turned it down, but since the vote is cumulative among the three towns, the $27.36 million budget passed. “I am grateful that […]
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Voters give first OK to $27.4 million SAD 52 budget for Greene, Leeds, Turner
TURNER — Tri-town residents approved the SAD 52 board’s $27.4 million budget last week and got some good news: it appears the district will return $575,000 to Turner, Greene and Leeds in June. Superintendent Kimberly Brandt said about 50 residents from the three towns turned out Thursday night to approve the budget for 2018-2019. The […]
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Informational meetings for SAD 52 Pre-K and Kindergarten registration
TURNER — SAD52 will hold informational meetings for pre-kindergarten registration and kindergarten registration for students not currently enrolled in SAD 52 pre-kindergarten. The informational meetings will be held at 6 p.m. and can be attended in any of the following locations: • Turner Primary School, 207-225-1030, Thursday, March 22. • Greene Central School, 207-946-5681, Tuesday, […]
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SAD 52 teachers compare pay
TURNER — Teachers from Leavitt Area High School attended Thursday’s SAD 52 school board meeting signifying their concern over delayed contract negotiations. Teachers held signs with the theme “worth more” and numeric comparisons of their current salaries to what they estimate they could make at other high schools. The group of about 45 teachers, […]
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Leavitt test scores disappoint board
GREENE — SAD 52 directors were disappointed by standardized test results showing high school scores below the state averages in math and science and only slightly above in English/language arts. Assistant Superintendent Theresa Gillis presented an overview of test results from the Maine Assessment & Accountability Reporting System showing the percentage of students performing […]
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Greene voters say no, but MSAD 52 school budget passes
TURNER — MSAD 52 voters passed the new school budget Tuesday night. Superintendent Kimberly Brandt said the overall vote was 93 in favor, 75 against. Turner voted 41-33. Leeds voted 36-23. Greene alone turned the budget down, 16 in favor, 19 opposed. The $26.1 million budget represents a 2.2 percent increase over the current year. […]