DIXFIELD — Superintendent Craig King said he will promote greater teacher collaboration during his first year at RSU 10. “I want to emphasize the concept of a professional learning community,” he said Friday. That means teachers, grouped by grades or subjects, will work together; student data will be studied and new teaching strategies applied if […]
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Region 9 welcomes new board member
MEXICO — Region 9 School of Applied Technology directors welcomed new member Roberta Taylor on Wednesday night. Taylor, who is also a member of the SAD 44 board in Bethel, was appointed to complete the three-year term of Lynn Arizzi. Arizzi resigned last month because she is moving out of state. Taylor will serve until […]
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C. King: Budget provides adequate education
RSU 10 created a 14-school budget proposal for 2013 of $36,181,848 that was sent to each community for approval by the voters. Despite significant cuts (through reduction of personnel, technology, maintenance and others), that budget represented an increase of $1,036,780 (2.95 percent) over the previous year. The voters rejected that budget proposal at the polls. […]
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Meroby Elementary School second-graders take field trip to Mexico sugar shack
MEXICO — Between rain showers Friday afternoon, 45 children from Meroby Elementary School took a field trip to Ray and Ann Carver’s Swift River Maple syrup farm at 275 Swift River Road. They came to learn how the Carvers tap 350 maple trees and boil down the sap into different grades of maple syrup. The […]