FARMINGTON — Voters will have one contested race to consider when they go to the polls from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 26 at the Community Center. Incumbent Iris Silverstein and Nancy Porter will square off for one, three-year term on the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors. Heather Ahern-Huish is uncontested […]
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RSU 9 superintendent search underway
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors have hired the Maine School Management Association to screen applicants for a superintendent to succeed Tom Ward, who is retiring June 30. The association will check applications for qualifications and necessary certifications. The position was posted Feb. 2. Several potential applicants have contacted the association for application packets, […]
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RSU 9 meeting to begin with executive session
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus. Following the opening, directors will go into executive session for legal advice in dealing with harassment/threat issues, according to Superintendent Tom Ward. He confirmed the issue did not involve a current staff member. The executive […]
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RSU 9 to begin budget meetings, superintendent search
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors approved a budget calendar Thursday that sets them on track for the annual, districtwide budget meeting vote May 1, followed by a referendum May 15. Voters approved a 2017-18 budget in October after four attempts. The budget meetings will start at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Feb. 6, all […]
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RSU 9 director resigns; Farmington to weigh shorter nomination process
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 Director Ryan Morgan has resigned nearly a year after being elected to a three-year term. Selectmen will be asked to shorten the time for filing nomination papers from 100 days to 10 days at their meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Town Office, Town Clerk Leanne […]
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RSU 9 directors to decide on superintendent search aspects
FARMINGTON — The search process for a new school superintendent typically takes about three months, according to Steven Bailey, executive editor of the Maine School Management Association. He outlined services Tuesday night that his nonprofit organization could provide the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors at the Mt. Blue Campus. The school board’s Administrator […]
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RSU 9 board to hear options on superintendent search
FARMINGTON — The Maine School Management Association will present options Tuesday to help the Regional School Unit 9 board search for a new superintendent. The workshop is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus. It is open to the public. Superintendent Tom Ward announced in December he would retire at […]
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No injuries reported when SUV hits RSU 9 bus in New Sharon
NEW SHARON — No one was injured Wednesday afternoon when an SUV hit the back of a stopped Regional School Unit 9 school bus loaded with children on Cape Cod Hill Road, according to police. Franklin County sheriff’s Sgt. Matthew Brann responded to a report of a “property damage only accident” at approximately 3:23 p.m. […]
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RSU 9 staff: Elementary-level alternative education needed
FARMINGTON — Elementary school staff in Regional School Unit 9 have been bitten, punched, pushed, kicked and spit on, to name just a few of the behaviors exhibited by some schoolchildren in recent years, administrators say. Each year dozens of office referrals are made for offenses of physical aggression, overt defiance and disruption. It is […]
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RSU 9 superintendent to retire
FARMINGTON — Tom Ward, superintendent of Regional School Unit 9, will retire at the end of the school year on June 30, 2018. After 41 years in education, 21 of them in RSU 9, he’s following his doctors’ recommendations to find something less stressful to do. Ward, 63, of Temple, wrote in his retirement letter […]