The Oxford Hills School District in Paris, Rangeley and Rumford also are included in grant program.
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Oxford Hills school construction committees diverge, advance individually
The options Oxford residents face for building a new elementary school do not feel like options to Maine’s geographically largest school district.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills school staff welcomed back to work
PARIS — Monday marked an annual rite of passage in Oxford Hills, with more than five hundred employees filling the parking lot and the Mark Eastman Auditorium at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School to kick off the new school year. The welcome rally provided space to introduce new staff, announce award honorees, reintroduce district leadership […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris-based school district directors, administration mulling another $360,000 in budget cuts
Superintendent Heather Manchester outlined potential cuts to directors Monday.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, River Valley, Schools & Education
SAD 17 to present revised school budget at public hearing Tuesday night
The public meeting to present 11 budget articles will start Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s Forum. The referendum vote is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 6, at each town’s polling location.
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Municipal leaders push back against Oxford Hills school district’s budget
This year marks the first time since the Great Recession of 2008 that the school board of directors has added a line item to the district’s budget for school building upkeep, ending a 15-year pattern of ‘deferred maintenance.’
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Electric school bus discussion has social media firing on all cylinders
Arguments — in favor and against — dominated Advertiser Democrat and Sun Journal Facebook pages after SAD 17 school board directors vote to apply for E/V transportation grant.
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Local schools reopen following Lewiston shootings
Emotional support extends to students and staff alike.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Free speech or uncivil discourse? Maine association advises tamping down on public comments at school board meetings
The Maine School Management Association has suggested schools adopt policies that prohibit offensive speech and complaints against specific staff or students at board meetings, but First Amendment advocates say it’s a step too far.
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Otisfield students produce living history reenactment
Otisfield Elementary School teacher Pamela Marshall’s fifth-grade class recently brought American history alive with a reenactment of the Continental Army’s experience at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.