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 […]
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RSU 9 budget process to begin Tuesday in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The timeline for developing the RSU 9 budget for 2014-15 has been revised to start Tuesday, April 1. The process was supposed to begin this week, but was changed after the school board moved the referendum validation vote to June 10 to coincide with the state primary election. Some towns requested the change […]
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RSU 9 directors nix consolidated day-treatment program in Wilton
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday not to support a consolidated kindergarten through sixth-grade day-treatment program at Academy Hill School in Wilton. The weighted vote was 458-291. 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. For […]
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RSU 9 board approves concept of international student program in mixed vote
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors approved the concept of establishing an international student program Tuesday. The weighted vote was 453-357. 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 program will be put on a priority needs […]
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RSU 9 international student program proposed as source of revenue
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 World Language teacher Lisa Dalrymple proposed the district start its own international student program to pay for foreign language classes in the lower grades again. The Mt. Blue High School teacher made the proposal to the school board Tuesday night. Dalrymple said the program would cost $20,355 the first year and […]