FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday to set the 2014-15 budget at $31 million. It will go to voters on June 2. The weighted vote was 736-115. In the district’s case, state law requires each director’s vote to be weighted based on his or her town’s population divided by the number of directors. The […]
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RSU 9 directors to review reductions, set budget in Farmington
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors are expected to review an additional $180,000 or so in reductions from a tentative $31.1 million budget on Tuesday, May 6. They also are expected to set a budget when they meet at 6 p.m. in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus, where the high school is located. The […]
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RSU 9 board approves salary increases for non-union workers
FARMINGTON — The RSU 9 school board voted April 22 after an executive session to approve a proposal that increases salaries for the district’s non-union employees, Superintendent Tom Ward said Thursday. The increases average about 2 percent, and there were no increase in benefits, he said. The non-union employees include central office support staff, social […]
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RSU 9 directors review $311,602 in reductions, look for more
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors continued budget talks Thursday, reviewing $311,602 in recommended cuts or alternate funding sources to bring a tentative spending plan down to $31.1 million. That brought the increase to $1.37 million, or 4.6 percent more than the current $29.7 million budget. The preliminary proposal was $31.4 million, a 5.7 percent or […]
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RSU 9 program helps people get jobs, upgrade skills, director says
FARMINGTON – Over the past three years 428 people either completed certificate courses to obtain a job or upgrade skill sets for a job they have through the Franklin County Adult Education Program. Ninety-five percent of them are employed, Director Ray Therrien told the RSU 9 school board Tuesday night. “Of the 428 people, we […]
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RSU 9 directors to begin budget deliberations
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors need to decide Thursday what they believe needs to be in the budget for next year and what can be removed and done in subsequent years. With most everything accounted for, the preliminary spending package for 2014-15 is at a tentative $31.4 million. It is a 5.7 percent, or $1.68 […]
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Hodum continues work with RSU 9 panel to develop pilot evaluation system
FARMINGTON — An RSU 9 committee is developing a pilot teacher evaluation system to meet the state’s requirement for school districts to have one in place by the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Doug Hodum, 43, a biology teacher at Mt. Blue High School and head of the Science Department, began working on policy […]
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RSU 9 directors seek public input on priorities for budget
FARMINGTON — The RSU 9 directors will accept comments from the audience Tuesday, April 29, on which priorities should be kept in the 2014-15 budget that is under development. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus, the site of the high school located on Seamon Road. The […]
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RSU 9 board approves Mt. Blue senior field trip
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday to approve a senior class trip June 5 and 6 to York Animal Kingdom, Boston and back to Titcomb Mountain in Farmington to spend the night. Mt. Blue High School seniors graduate at 11 a.m. June 7 at the school. Class representatives went over the itinerary for the […]
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RSU 9 board gets list of spending priorities
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors Tuesday heard about spending priorities for 2014-15, including $600,000 more to cover previously negotiated staff contracts. The session was the first in a series to develop a budget. The next one is at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. Superintendent Tom […]