FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday to continue in 2017-18 the administrative structure that was put in place at Mt. Blue Campus prior to the start of the school year. It was considered an interim plan when the board approved it in August 2016 to see how it worked. The structure was […]
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RSU 9 students to have half-day Friday
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 students will have half a day of school Friday, March 17. It had been scheduled as a teacher workshop day. “Due to the fact that we need the workshop day on Friday for staff development and with the potential storm day on Wednesday, we are going with a half […]
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RSU 9 approves copier lease, assistant track coach, fiddler trip
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday to authorize the superintendent to enter into a photocopier lease agreement that will save $10,459.68 annually for the next two years. Two leases with annual payments of $47,515.73 expire in July 2018 and Sept. 15, 2018, will be replaced with one lease with an annual payment […]
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RSU 9 directors' votes
FARMINGTON — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Thursday should have said Director Ryan Morgan of Farmington voted against a raise for some nonunion workers and Director Keith Swett of Wilton voted in favor of it Tuesday. Incorrect information was submitted to the Sun Journal.
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Public Works crews struggle to keep up in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Public works crews in the region are tired but doing their best to keep up with snowplowing and removal as overtime hours add up. Regional School Unit 9 and RSU 73, in the Farmington and Jay areas, respectively, and SAD 58 in the Kingfield area are also feeling the pinch with six […]
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RSU 9 approves more nonunion raises
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors, in a weighted vote, approved raises for some nonunion employees Tuesday, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. The average of the raises is 2 percent, he said. The vote included accepting the Contract Resolution Committee’s recommendations on compensation. Among the employees included are the school psychologist and business manager, […]
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RSU 9 budget frozen for third year
FARMINGTON — For the third year in a row, the Regional School Unit 9 budget has been frozen because of unbudgeted expenses connected to students moving into the district who require special services. Superintendent Tom Ward said Tuesday that he froze the budget in early December 2016. The unbudgeted expense is $300,000. It is the […]
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RSU 9 unveils preliminary $33.56 million budget
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors had their first glimpse Tuesday of a preliminary $33.56 million budget for 2017-18. Superintendent Tom Ward told the board that the administrative team started at a 5.4 percent increase over the current budget and got it down to 2.65 percent, or an $818,519 increase. The first full board […]
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RSU 9 approves nonunion staff contracts
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board voted 11-2 Tuesday to accept its Contract Resolution Committee’s recommendation to give a 2.03 percent wage increase to nonunion Central Office staff, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. The action on the office staff contract and another one for nonunion nutritional staff followed a nearly two-hour executive session. […]
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3 longtime RSU 9 teachers retiring
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted to adopt a calendar Tuesday for the 2017-18 school year that includes 35 late-arrival days. The first day of school for students in kindergarten through grade nine will be Aug. 30. Grades 10 through 12 will start Aug. 31. Students will have their first day off on […]