FARMINGTON — Students entering seventh grade on Monday in Regional School Unit 9 will be the first class to graduate from Mt. Blue High School with a proficiency-based diploma in 2021. A district leadership team made up of administrators at several levels and teachers at the high school have met nearly every Tuesday this summer […]
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RSU 9 budget passes by 107 votes
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters narrowly approved a $32 million budget Tuesday by 999-892 in a referendum vote in each of the 10 towns. It was the second attempt for the district to pass a budget. Six towns favored the budget, and four towns opposed it. The closest vote came in Temple, which […]
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RSU 9 voters set $32 million school budget to go to referendum
FARMINGTON — Just over 200 Regional School Unit 9 voters set a $32 million budget Tuesday that will now go to voters in a yes or no validation referendum in each of the 10 towns on Tuesday, July 28. Only two articles passed unanimously in the district-wide vote that lasted an hour. The meeting was […]
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RSU 9 voters to consider $32 million school budget
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters in 10 towns will get a second shot to set a new budget on Tuesday, July 21. The districtwide meeting vote will be held at 7 p.m. in the Bjorn Auditorium at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. Once voters set a new budget, the proposed spending package […]
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RSU 9 directors enter into agreement with state for plumbing program
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted July 7 to enter into an agreement for a grant from the Office of the Maine Attorney General to start a plumbing program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center at Mt. Blue Campus. Oxford Hills Technical School in Norway and Lewiston Regional Technical Center in Lewiston […]
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Starks, Farmington women to lead RSU 9 school board
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday by secret ballot to elect Jennifer Zweig-Hebert of Starks and Yvette Robinson of Farmington to lead the 16-member school board this year. The district serves 10 towns in Franklin, Kennebec and Somerset counties. All but Starks and Vienna are in Franklin County. Directors nominated two sets […]
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RSU 9 directors require student to serve 30-days in-school suspension
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue Middle School student suspended three days before school closed for the year, will be required to serve the remaining seven days and an additional 23 days when classes resume. Regional School Unit 9 directors held an expulsion hearing Tuesday for one of two eighth-graders accused of distributing marijuana on school […]
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RSU 9 sends $32 million school budget to voters
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors approved a $32.04 million budget for 2015-16. The weighted vote was 633-339. The proposal goes to voters at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Forum at the Mt. Blue Campus. The new amount is about $1 million more than last year. Voters rejected a $32.25 million spending […]
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RSU 9 considers second budget vote
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday will consider setting a proposed budget for 2015-16 to send to voters for a second time. The board will meet at 7 p.m. July 7 in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. with an executive session for […]
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RSU 9 to begin second round of budget deliberations
FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors will meet Tuesday, June 23, to develop a second budget for 2015-16 that supports children’s educational needs and takes into consideration the effect on taxpayers’ pockets. Voters rejected a proposed $32.25 million budget by a 741 to 1,045 vote on June 9. It was a 3.9 percent increase, […]