OXFORD — Oxford Elementary School students met Monday with representatives of more than two dozen professions to learn about postsecondary opportunities. The career fair was one of many events being held in SAD 17 schools to celebrate Aspire Higher month. “The students were highly engaged during their visit,” said fourth-grade teacher Melissa Guerrette, who helped […]
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SAD 17 board considers language requirement for diploma
PARIS — All students graduating from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will have to demonstrate proficiency in a world language, but meeting that requirement may be a struggle, school officials said. Proficiency-based education requires students to demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn before they progress to the next lesson, […]
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Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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SAD 17 board discusses fund balance for new fiscal year
PARIS — SAD 17 Business Manager Cathy Fanjoy Coffey told the SAD 17 Board of Directors on Monday night that the district ended the 2013-2014 fiscal year with a fund balance of $1.36 million. A total of $440,464 was unallocated in the new fiscal year budget. Coffey said the unaudited financial report of fiscal year […]
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SAD 17 checking inventory of hazardous chemicals
PARIS — SAD 17 officials say they are keeping on top of undocumented and potentially dangerous chemicals in the school despite the lack of state and federal funding that was once available to help with teacher training and hazardous chemical clean-outs. “We need to get it done so we do,” Facilities Director Director Nelson Baillargeon […]
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SAD 17 principal report to board on school openings
PARIS — Building community among new staff, implementing new programs and making sure students are academic achievers are some of the goals principals mentioned to the SAD 17 board of directors Tuesday night. A total of 3,422 students from prekindergarten to grade 12 returned to the classroom last week. “It’s great to be back,” Oxford […]
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Hazardous chemicals removed from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
PARIS — Two hazardous chemicals found during a routine inspection of a physics lab at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School have been removed, Superintendent Rick Colpitts told directors this week. He said the chemicals were bromine and iodine, which were removed because they had expired dates. They were disposed of at a U.S. Environmental Protection […]
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SAD 17 off the hook for cost of oil spill cleanup
HEBRON — While the cost to clean up more than 1,500 gallons of oil that leaked out of the Hebron Station School basement tank last December is unknown, the SAD 17 school district is not picking up the tab. SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts and Jessamine Logan, spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection, both […]
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SAD 17 has nearly 50 new staff members
PARIS — Nearly 50 new staff members will be in place when SAD 17 schools open next week, Assistant Superintendent Patrick Hartnett told directors meeting Monday night. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, seventh- and ninth-grade students return to classes. All others will begin Thursday, Aug. 28. Hartnett said new staff member make up about 8 percent […]
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Federal money to SAD 17 dropping
PARIS — Statistics from the National School Lunch Program indicate the economy is improving in SAD 17 because fewer students need free or reduced-price lunches, school officials said. The report on student lunches was part of an overall presentation by Kathy Elkins on the fiscal 2014-15 allocation of Title I and II funds to SAD […]