FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors have canceled their meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 25.
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National Honor Society students recognized in Farmington
FARMINGTON — When Regional School Unit 9 Director Ross Clair got up from his chair at the board meeting Tuesday, he said he had a list of 31 potential replacements for the superintendent. He handed out a stack of papers that listed the names of Mt. Blue High School’s National Honor Society, including the 31 […]
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RSU 9 board approves hiring ed tech for Wilton school
FARMINGTON — Members of the RSU 9 school board voted Tuesday to hire an educational technician II for Cushing School in Wilton. The money will have to be found in the regular budget because the district’s contingency fund will be overdrawn by about $30,000 if expenses continue as they have been by the end of […]
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RSU 9 support services director takes position with RSU 54 in Skowhegan area
FARMINGTON — After serving the Farmington area school system for nearly 33 years, David Leavitt, director of support services, is leaving to become manager of support services in RSU 54 in the Skowhegan area. His last day with Regional School Unit 9 is Dec. 19. The Wilton resident has overseen several school building construction projects, […]
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RSU 9 directors to hear proposal on firefighter training facility
FARMINGTON — Fire Rescue Chief Terry Bell on Tuesday night will present Regional School Unit 9 directors a proposal to use district property to build a fire training facility on Seamon Road. The property is past Mt. Blue High School, before the practice field. Tuesday’s meeting is at 7 p.m., Nov. 18, in the Forum […]
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Mt. Blue senior expelled for selling marijuana brownie on bus
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors voted Monday to expel a Mt. Blue High School senior for selling a marijuana brownie to a student on a school bus, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. “The student was expelled for trafficking marijuana brownies,” he said. “The student has to follow the re-entry program we have set up […]
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RSU 9 seventh-graders say homework stresses students out
FARMINGTON — Ninety-six percent of 85 students who took a survey at the Mt. Blue Middle School believe they are getting too much homework, student Jack Cushman said Tuesday night. Four percent of the students said they hardly ever have homework. Cushman, Isabelle Fifield and Hunter Donald, all of New Sharon, and seventh-graders in the […]
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RSU 9 board adds 20 days to Mt. Blue student’s suspension
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday to add five days to a 10-day out-of-school suspension, and 15 days of in-house suspension for a Mt. Blue High School student for a drug-related matter. The student has served the 10-day suspension, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. Administrators and Ward are working with the student to develop […]
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RSU 9 lists schedule for flu vaccinations for students
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue Regional School District will offer free flu vaccines for students beginning Oct. 27 at Mt. Blue Middle School. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against this serious disease, Regional School Unit 9 nurse Karen Marceau said […]