MEXICO — Region 9 Adult Education will offer open enrollment orientation sessions at 9 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 4 to 6. New students or those who have not attended in more than three months should plan to attend two of the three days. For returning students from June, plan to attend one day. […]
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RSU 9 directors adopt blended grading system
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted 12-4 Tuesday evening to have the traditional 0-100 grades and 1-4 proficiency-based education grades. Last week, the board voted unanimously to have administrators propose a plan that would incorporate both grading systems. Proficiency-based education is an academic instruction, assessment, grading and reporting system that requires students to […]
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RSU 9 directors adopt dual grading system
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted 12-4 Tuesday evening to have the traditional 0-100 grades and 1-4 proficiency-based education grades. Last week, the board voted unanimously to have administrators propose a plan that would incorporate both grading systems. Proficiency-based education is an academic instruction, assessment, grading and reporting system that requires students to […]
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Mt. Blue’s Ryder earns prestigious national teaching award
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue High School language arts teacher has been recognized as one of the nation’s top educators. The NEA Foundation named Dan Ryder of Jay as a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence Monday. Horace Mann representative Jake Kenyon surprised Ryder and his peers with the news […]
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RSU 9 ready to welcome students
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 administrators, teachers and staff have been busy preparing for the 2018-2019 school year and are ready to welcome students back into the classroom tomorrow. “Schools are clean and teachers are in their classrooms,” reported Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tina Meserve. Several goals are in place for the coming year, […]
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RSU 9 continues proficiency-based standards discussions
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to have administrators propose a double-grading system that would include both overall course scores and proficiency-based standards reporting. The proposal will be reported to the board at the next meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 28 for review. This decision followed a motion to discontinue implementation of proficiency-based […]
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RSU 9 continues proficiency-based standards discussions
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to have administrators propose a double-grading system that would include both overall course scores and proficiency-based standards reporting. The proposal will be reported to the board at the next meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 28 for review. This decision followed a motion to discontinue implementation of proficiency-based […]
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RSU 9 superintendent comes full circle
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tina Meserve has returned to the district she graduated from in 1985. Meserve, of Livermore, took over district leadership from Dr. Tom Ward on July 1. Meserve’s connection with the district and surrounding community is deep and full of successes. She transferred to the district at the start of […]
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RSU 9 scales back behavioral program
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors learned Tuesday that a program to help students with their behavior will only be available for kindergarten through second grade this coming year. Money for the program, Pathways for All Learners, was approved for kindergarten through fifth grade students in the 2018-19 budget. However, the program was scaled back because […]