FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will begin deliberations Thursday on more than $700,000 in new requests in a proposed budget that is 5 percent higher than the current budget. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Blue Campus. The board is also expected to hire a new superintendent to replace Tom […]
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RSU 9, former employee settle harassment dispute
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 and two administrators have settled a dispute with a former teacher who was accused of harassment after his contract was not renewed in 2016. The school board voted unanimously March 27 to “authorize the board chair to sign the settlement agreement recommended by legal counsel,” Superintendent Tom Ward said […]
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RSU 9 sets school calendar for 2018-19
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a school calendar for 2018-19. It calls for 34 one-hour late-arrival Wednesdays beginning Sept. 5. The last late-arrival Wednesday this year is March 28. The board eliminated the remaining 10 to make up two of nine storm days. The first day of school […]
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RSU 9 unveils preliminary $35.32M budget
FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday were presented a $35.32 million budget for 2018-19 and were told money is needed for another teacher at Cascade Brook School in Farmington. The preliminary spending plan represents an increase of $1.68 million, or 5.01 percent, from this year. A total of $13 million is projected to […]
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RSU 9 cancels 10 late-arrival days to help make-up storm-related school days
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday to eliminate 10 late-arrival Wednesdays — beginning April 11 and running through June 13 — to help make up nine school days lost to bad weather. Prior to eliminating the late-arrival Wednesdays, where students go to school an hour later than normal, the last student day […]
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Chesterville residents want to reapportion RSU 9 school board
Tiffany Estabrook of Chesterville is working with others to collect voters’ signatures on a petition asking the commissioner of education to determine the reapportionment of the RSU 9 board of directors. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Chesterville residents have organized a drive to collect signatures to petition the Maine commissioner of education to reapportion […]
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RSU 9 search committee prepares for superintendent candidate interviews
FARMINGTON — Twenty members of a superintendent search committee in Regional School Unit 9 participated in interview training Tuesday. Superintendent Tom Ward is retiring June 30. The committee is composed of community members, parents, administrators, support staff, teachers and board members, Tami Labul, chairwoman of the school’s board Administrative Evaluation Committee, said Wednesday. Interviews will […]
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RSU 9 decides to stick with curriculum coordinator position
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday night to have a curriculum coordinator position for 2018-19. Superintendent Tom Ward recommended they stay with a curriculum coordinator and leave it up to a new superintendent to determine, after a year, whether an assistant superintendent/curriculum coordinator position would be needed for the 2019-20 school year. […]
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Farmington man accused of harassing RSU 9 administrators, employees
FARMINGTON — A former Regional School Unit 9 employee was ordered Friday to stop harassing RSU 9 employees, the superintendent, the W.G. Mallett School principal and the school board. Farmington police served temporary protection from harassment orders on Daniel Patterson of Farmington, a former probationary second-grade teacher at Mallett School in Farmington. He was hired […]
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RSU 9 superintendent search survey available
FARMINGTON — A survey for Regional School Unit 9 residents to indicate the qualities they want most in a new superintendent is available online and at town offices and libraries. The school board is seeking input in hiring a successor to Tom Ward who will retire June 30. The Superintendent Search Committee is also asking […]