POLAND — The 20th anniversary of Poland Regional High School will be celebrated at halftime during Friday night’s football game. Authorized recently by the Regional School Unit 16 board of directors, the ceremony will honor original members of the high school’s building committee, along with faculty and staff members who have been at the school since it […]
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New RSU 16 leader wants 'a system that works for everybody'
POLAND — Kenneth Healey, Regional School Unit 16’s new superintendent, said it was a group of students from Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls that created his first school administration job in Westbrook in the 1990s. “I actually ended up having a job as a result of an influx of a couple of hundred students from […]
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RSU 16 board OKs policy on electronic devices
MECHANIC FALLS — The Regional School Unit 16 board of directors Monday night approved a revised policy on student use of cellphones and other electronic devices. Students will be prohibited from using “privately-owned” personal electronic devices such as cellphones, smartphones, hand-held computers, MP3 players and electronic games at school or at school activities. The exception is […]
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Minot instructor is 2018 Androscoggin Teacher of the Year
MINOT — Katie Toothaker, kindergarten teacher at Minot Consolidated School, was honored recently as the 2018 Androscoggin Teacher of the Year. Ben Tucker, regional representative for the office of U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, presented her with a certificate June 5. Parents and students read letters they wrote in support of Toothaker. “Katie is everything […]
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RSU 16 budget passes
POLAND — Residents in Regional School Unit 16 voted 1,345 to 586 on Tuesday to approve a $22.3 million school budget for 2018-19. RSU 16 includes Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls. The budget represents a 3.7 percent increase from current spending, and boosts property taxes on a $100,000 house by $99.63 in Minot, $92.45 in Mechanic Falls and […]
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Insurance will cover most of RSU 16 vandalism
POLAND — A month after vandals slashed tires on all 22 of Regional School Unit 16’s buses, the board of directors learned Monday that insurance will pay for the bulk of the damage. Replacement tires cost about $13,000. Insurance will pay for about $11,000 of that. “That was good news for the district,” Superintendent Tina […]
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RSU 16 hires Kenneth Healey to be superintendent
POLAND — Regional School Unit 16 has a new superintendent. The school board Monday unanimously approved hiring Kenneth Healey to head the Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls school system. Healey has served for the past four years as superintendent of RSU 73, which includes Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls. Healey replaces Tina Meserve, who is leaving to become superintendent […]
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RSU 16 budget to go to referendum
POLAND — Residents approved a proposed $22.3 million budget for Regional School Unit 16 on Monday night, sending it to a final vote in June. Superintendent Tina Meserve said about 75 residents attended the meeting and vote. Residents passed all articles as proposed — most with few questions or few dissenting votes. “It was probably […]
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Security video shows vandals slashing RSU 16 bus tires
[UPDATE: Reward offered in school bus vandalism] POLAND — Vandals slashed tires on all 22 school buses and a pickup truck at the Regional School Unit 16 administrative office early Wednesday, police said. Classes were canceled as police investigated the vandalism at the intersection of Aggregate Road and Route 26. The damage was estimated at […]
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Teacher’s salary added to RSU 16 proposed budget
POLAND — The Regional School Unit 16 board of directors Monday added $50,000 to next year’s proposed budget, bringing it to just under $22.3 million. Superintendent Tina Meserve said Tuesday that the additional money will pay for another teacher at Poland Community School, where kindergarten enrollment has been higher than expected. If passed, the budget […]