The RSU 5 board is considering the reconfiguration of Pownal Elementary School into a special education center during a tight budget season.
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Freeport-area parents aim to curb cellphones in schools
The group, RSU5 Alliance for Thoughtful Technology, was spearheaded in recent weeks by Annie Ware with the help of several other parents. The goal, Ware said, is to address smartphone and social media use among kids prior to high school.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Durham voters pass $4.57 million budget, elect new officials
Voters passed a $4.57 million budget Saturday and welcomed new officials who won Friday elections.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, Maine, News
Freeport, Durham and Pownal voters approve $37.3 million school budget
Regional School Unit 5’s proposed $37.3 million budget for the upcoming school year was passed Tuesday.
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Despite pandemic, Midcoast districts report strong start to school year
Regional School Unit 1, Regional School Unit 5 and Maine School Administrative District 75 students walked back into the classrooms Tuesday, wearing masks and keeping their distance as they start the year.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Durham, Freeport, Pownal voters pass school budget
DURHAM — Regional School Unit 5’s $33 million budget proposal is going to referendum with no changes to the spending proposal. Only 50 voters showed up during Wednesday’s annual budget meeting — 28 from Freeport, 16 from Durham and six from Pownal — and without debate, approved 20 budget articles within 30 minutes. The budget […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
RSU 5 budget error means higher taxes, possible program cuts
FREEPORT — A $500,000 error in the proposed fiscal year 2018 school budget will increase the expected tax impact from 4 percent to almost 6.5 percent. It may also require nearly $280,000 in spending cuts to programs including nutrition, music and math. Regional School Unit 5 Superintendent Becky Foley and the RSU5 Board of Directors […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
RSU 5 voters OK $1.5 million bonds for Freeport High School
FREEPORT — Voters in Regional School Unit 5 on Tuesday approved borrowing more than $1.5 million to build an artificial turf field and a running track at Freeport High School. The project, which was presented to voters in two separate bond questions, was rejected in Pownal and Durham, but overwhelmingly approved in Freeport. Overall, the first bond […]
Posted inLetters
Vote ‘no’ on RSU 5 bond issue
I am hoping that taxpayers of Durham, Pownal and Freeport will join me Jan. 10 in voting a resounding “no” on the bond issue to raise $1.5 million for an athletic field, the sole purpose of which is to outshine the wealthier towns to the south. The project has been rejected twice by the voters […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
RSU 5 will not change name of Freeport High School
FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors has decided not to change the name of Freeport High School. The board on Dec. 14 voted 9-2 against a change; members Kathryn Brown and Naomi Ledbetter were in favor of renaming the school. The decision was based in part on results from a survey […]