FARMINGTON — The first shot against the proposed Regional School Unit 9’s $32.97 million budget was fired just after the discussion began on Article 1 on Wednesday night. From there, it was a volley of shots between those who were in favor of validation and those opposed. According to comments overheard in public and on […]
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RSU 9 director asks 2 Farmington voters to hold budget questions
FARMINGTON — A Regional School Unit 9 school director asked two Farmington women to hold questions Wednesday night while they were waiting for the districtwide budget meeting to vote on a proposed $32.97 million school budget. Director Nancy Porter of Farmington gave a handwritten note to Elaine Graham and told her to pass it to […]
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RSU 9 voters send $32.97M budget to referendum
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters set a $32.97 million budget for 2016-17 on Wednesday in the first of two votes on the proposed spending plan. In a town-meeting-style forum at Mt. Blue Campus, voters also set $404,034 for the proposed adult education budget. The local share is $153,982. It is $18,544 more than this […]
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Voters approve $9.19M RSU 58 budget
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Voters from Avon, Kingfield, Phillips and Strong on Tuesday approved a $9.19 million budget for Regional School Unit 58 for 2016-17. According to Superintendent Susan Pratt, the budget is $215,943, or 2.3 percent, less than last year. This year, the school board recommended that $760,827 was needed to pay for athletics, co-curricular […]
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RSU 9 digital media students live-streaming board meetings
FARMINGTON — Three digital media students are keeping the residents of Regional School Unit 9 informed about happenings of the school board. Alex Haggan, 16, of Farmington, Ben Luchini, 18, of New Sharon and Samuel MacDonald, 17, of New Vineyard are live-streaming board meetings on the internet. They are digital media students of Chris Davis […]
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$1.5 million grant will help RSU 9 children, families
FARMINGTON — A $1.5 million grant will provide after-school and summer camp experiences to Regional School Unit 9 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The grant is the result of a partnership between RSU 9 and the Franklin County Children’s Task Force to reduce child abuse and neglect. It was announced during a meeting of […]
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RSU 9 approves medical marijuana policy
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors unanimously approved a policy Tuesday to allow parents or guardians to administer medical marijuana on school property to students with medical documentation. The Medical Marijuana in Schools policy passed the second and final reading without discussion. The policy complies with a state law that went into effect last […]
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RSU 9 considers medical marijuana policy
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will give a proposed medical-marijuana-in-schools policy a second and final reading Tuesday. The policy complies with a state law that went into effect last year to accommodate student attendance for children certified for the medical use of marijuana. Several school districts have previously passed the policy, including Auburn […]
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RSU 9 sets budget votes for June 1 and June 14
FARMINGTON — Voters in the 10 towns that make up Regional School Unit 9 will have their chance to vote on a proposed $32.97 million school budget and a $404,034 adult education budget June 1. The districtwide meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road in Farmington. It will be […]
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RSU 9 hires East Dixfield man as food service director
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday to hire Andrew “Chef Andy” Hutchins of East Dixfield as the new food service director, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. Hutchins has more than 25 years of food service experience, including with Aramark Corp. He has been food service director at the University of Maine at […]