PHILLIPS — The Regional School Unit 58 board of directors has announced a schedule of meeting dates, with hopes of getting a school budget approved and keeping schools open on July 1. Based on last week’s budget results, voters will go to the polls on Tuesday with a choice to vote the budget total of […]

SALEM TOWNSHIP — Regional School Unit 58 directors announced Tuesday night they are prepared for the outcome of next week’s vote on the eviscerated budget voters passed last week. The 14 directors said they are committed to continue with the scheduled vote at the polls in Avon, Kingfield, Phillips and Strong on Tuesday, June 9. […]

SALEM TOWNSHIP — A story published on Page B1 of Thursday’s Region edition about Regional School District 58’s budget meeting should have said Mt. Abram High School Principal Marco Aliberti submitted his resignation before the meeting. It was an editing error.

SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 voters Thursday night slashed spending on instruction to $1 in light of the ongoing lack of a teachers’ contract, and Kingfield directors walked out of the meeting. The district’s turmoil is reflected in the recent resignations of four administrators, including the principal of Mount Abram High School, who announced his […]

SALEM TOWNSHIP — Nearly two dozen Mt. Abram High School students started their Tuesday morning outside the classroom. They stood along Route 142 in front of the school, holding signs that asked passers-by to take notice that their school was in the midst of troubled times. Brandon Haines, Dakota Bailey, Jasmin Hinkley and Brooklynn Brown […]

SALEM TOWNSHIP — Voters in Avon, Kingfield, Phillips and Strong will have the opportunity to review and vote on the Regional School Unit 58 budget Thursday. The district budget meeting is set for 6 p.m. May 28 at Mt. Abram High School. This year’s budget proposal of $9.43 million is $347,550 higher than this fiscal […]

SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 directors signed the warrant for the proposed 2015-2016 budget at a Thursday night meeting. Directors will hold the district budget meeting for the community 6 p.m. May 28 at Mt. Abram High School. Each town will set its own voting hours. This year’s budget proposal of $9.43 million is $347,550, […]

ALSO READ: RSU 58 superintendent resigns SALEM TOWNSHIP — Choking with emotion at times, longtime Mt. Abram High School math teacher Brian Twitchell told the Regional School Unit 58 board Thursday night he’s looking for employment elsewhere because of the worsening relationship between directors and teachers. Twitchell, who has taught mathematics for 24 years at the […]

SALEM TOWNSHIP — Another attempt to settle the three-year contract dispute between Regional School Unit 58 directors and the teachers’ union failed Thursday evening. The school board met in executive session to discuss the current proposal. After reconvening, the board listened to union representatives who said teachers could not accept the offer. Throughout the process, […]

PHILLIPS — Mt. Abram High School students will start their second semester with a new course aimed at preparing them for careers in health care. The SAD 58 board gave approval Thursday night for the addition of a biomedical science course. “We were lucky enough to hire veteran teacher David Gordon, who has been teaching […]