SALEM TOWNSHIP — Voters in the four RSU 58 towns approved the $9 million budget Tuesday, 318-162. According to district business manager Luci Milewski, the budget is $18,062, or 0.2 percent, more than this fiscal year. Because of the reduced amount available for carry-forward and an anticipated drop in tuition revenue, the amount requested from […]
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RSU 58 takes step toward prekindergarten program
SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 directors agreed Tuesday to start planning for a prekindergarten program in Kingfield, Phillips and Strong elementary schools. Superintendent Brenda Stevens said a full-time instructor would be paid approximately $60,000 and a full-time educational technician $25,000. Another $25,000 would be allocated for building renovations. The initial proposal was to have the […]
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RSU 58 directors set $9 million goal for budget
STRONG — The RSU 58 board this week began deciding which programs, staff and extracurricular activities should be cut and which should be saved in order to keep the budget at $9 million for 2014-15. Business Manager Luci Milewski on Thursday provided directors with a line-by-line overview of last year’s costs, comparing them with anticipated […]
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RSU 58 warned of possible state cuts to education
PHILLIPS — RSU 58 Business Director Luci Milewski told the school board Thursday night that they should be prepared for state budget cuts that could mean less money for education. State budget decisions in June could require the directors to revise plans for the 2014-15 fiscal year if there are large cuts. The Maine Department […]
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RSU 58 setting new graduation standards
PHILLIPS — RSU 58 administrators and teachers are preparing for the advent of proficiency-based graduation standards. Math and reading tests and outcomes will be designed at the local levels, school directors learned at their Thursday meeting. Students traditionally have taken tests and received letter grades, but that standard is being phased out. “Next year’s freshmen […]
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Closing Mt. Abram won’t help taxpayers, board agrees
SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 school board members agreed unanimously Thursday night that sending Mt. Abram High School students to another school district is not an option to cut costs to taxpayers. Directors had agreed at recent meetings that they needed to understand if there might be potential savings if they closed the high school […]
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New RSU 58 board tackles financial issues
KINGFIELD — A new, larger board of directors will try to resolve many of the daunting problems that have plagued RSU 58 for more than a decade. Issues include the decline in subsidy revenues at the state level, extensive renovation costs for the 40-year-old Mt. Abram High School, busing costs, and the financial obligations to […]
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Two school board members selected for Strong
STRONG — Of five candidates for two RSU 58 board positions, selectmen chose two representatives with lengthy prior experience in municipal and school district finances. At their Tuesday night meeting, municipal officials asked three candidates present what qualifications they would bring to the position. “I feel I have a lot of background with the school, […]
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Selectmen to appoint board members
SALEM TOWNSHIP — A story about the RSU 58 reapportionment meeting published on Page B2 of the Franklin edition Tuesday should have said each town’s selectmen will appoint interim RSU 58 board members. It was a reporting error.
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RSU 58 committee decides on 14-member board
SALEM TOWNSHIP — After two meetings, the RSU 58 Reapportionment Committee voted to double the size of the district’s Board of Directors. At the committee’s first meeting, one board member and one director from each town reviewed several options to adjust board votes based on municipal population. That would allow the current configuration of seven […]