As a “Dear valued community member” (according to a letter mailed to the community from RSU 4 Superintendent of Schools James Hodgkin), I am puzzled and dismayed at the School Department. That letter, sent July 9 seeking support for the proposed budget, says the School Board cut the budget by $51,000 and got additional funding […]
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RSU 4 voters pass budget
SABATTUS — Voters in Regional School Unit 4 passed a $18.56 million budget for fiscal year 2015-16 on Tuesday. It’s $51,000 less than the original budget rejected by voters June 9. Wales voters readily accepted the budget by a tally of 60-15, while Litchfield’s tally was 104-88. Sabattus voters approved it in a 73-65 vote. […]
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RSU 4 budget goes to referendum vote
WALES — Superintendent Jim Hodgkin presented a revised Regional School Unit 4 budget of $18,564,945, reduced $51,000 from the budget rejected last month, to approximately 44 voters at the town meeting Wednesday evening. Hodgkin opened the meeting with a short presentation explaining how the reduced budget had been configured and expressed his satisfaction in the […]
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Sabattus town manager resigns
SABATTUS — Town Manager Andrew Gilmore announced his resignation at the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday evening. Gilmore is moving to Raleigh, N.C., where his wife has accepted a nursing position. His last day is Friday, July 24. In his resignation letter, he said he is saddened to leave a community he has grown to […]
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RSU 4 board to meet, discuss budget
WALES — Regional School Unit 4 directors will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, for a workshop on the budget. The meeting will be held at Oak Hill High School in Room 133. On June 9, voters turned down a proposed budget for 2015-16. Using new figures available to the board, members are expected […]
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RSU 4 board plots budget course
WALES — The Regional School Unit 4 board of directors decided Wednesday to discuss cuts to the recently rejected 2015-16 budget after it learns how much money the state will kick in. The board discussed the estimated $178,000 that may come from the state for education. The exact amount is expected to be known July […]
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RSU 4 budget passes
WALES — Voters passed all 16 articles on the Regional School Unit 4 warrant Wednesday night, sending the $18.61 million budget to a validation referendum next week. Residents and school and town officials from Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales debated the proposed spending plan for nearly three hours in the Oak Hill High School gymnasium. The […]
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Oak Hill principal returning to teaching
SABATTUS — The opening — his opening — came this past spring when a fifth-grade teaching position opened at up at Carrie Ricker School. Jeff Ireland called the principal. What did she think? He asked the superintendent the same, then the school board. Ireland, Oak Hill Middle School’s principal — its only principal since it […]
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RSU 4 sets $18.82 million budget, adds five positions
WALES — In a 7-2 vote, the Regional School Unit 4 board approved a budget Wednesday that would add five positions, fix fields, replace laptops and set the stage to consider closing the last two community elementary schools. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said the $18.82 million budget is 3.8 percent higher than this fiscal year. “As […]
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Medicare qualification
WALES — A story that ran on Page B2 of Wednesday’s City Edition about the RSU 4 school board should have said teachers qualify for Medicare at 65. it was a reporting error.