On Nov. 7, citizens of Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland will vote to approve a middle school building proposal to alleviate serious overcrowding, remove inadequate portable classrooms and improve the safety of both the middle school and high school. The RSU 16 superintendent, the director of operations, and the school board chairperson have made numerous […]
RSU 16
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School project supported
Fact: Nine years ago, Union 29 consolidated into RSU 16 (Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland). Fact: The Union 29 budget was $22-plus million. Fact: The first year RSU 16 budget was $17-plus million. Fact: This year’s budget is $21.7 million. Fact: After nine years of RSU 16, the school budget is still less than the […]
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RSU 16 board votes against state's regionalization push
POLAND — The RSU 16 school board voted Monday not to move forward with a “regional service center” plan promoted by the state. The decision will cost the Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls school system $78,000 in state funding next year and $161,000 the year after. But Superintendent Tina Meserve said board members felt there […]
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Adults could take school lessons to heart
What is our primary responsibility as teachers and parents? Well, hopefully we teach our children well. There is nothing more important in the three towns of Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls, in this state, country and world today than that we teach our children well — and part of that education is to show our […]
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Elm Street principal leaving for Turner Primary
MECHANIC FALLS — After three years as principal of Elm Street School, Ryan Patrie is leaving to take a new job as principal of Turner Primary School. Patrie, 37, has been in education for 14 years. He joined Elm Street as principal in 2014. Before that, he was assistant principal at Lisbon Community School. He […]
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$5.7 million RSU 16 school project going to voters
POLAND — Voters in Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls will decide whether to spend $5.7 million to renovate the school district’s combined middle and high school. Based on building committee recommendations, the RSU 16 school board agreed this week to send the issue to voters in November. The proposal calls for borrowing $5.7 million to […]
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RSU 16 creates advisory committee to fix communication problems
POLAND — The Regional School Unit 16 board of directors has agreed to form a nine-person advisory committee to help address communication problems among the board, community members and school staff. The move comes after some parents and community members have spent months repeatedly telling the board they’re angry over Superintendent Tina Meserve’s performance and, […]
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RSU 16 extends contract for controversal superintendent
POLAND — The RSU 16 board extended Superintendent Tina Meserve’s contract Monday during the same meeting in which a crowd of parents and community members said they were unhappy with her. Board members voted unanimously Monday night to extend Meserve’s contract by three years. Her current contract was not up until next summer, but board […]
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RSU 16 residents want report superintendent
POLAND — Some residents of Regional School Unit 16 said Monday they’re not satisfied with a report that there is no basis for complaints against Superintendent Tina Meserve’s performance. According to a previous statement from the board, an outside consultant hired to investigate complaints about Meserve found no evidence that she’s acted unprofessionally. The initial complaints included […]
