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SAD 17 growth plan nears completion

PARIS – The Strategic Planning Committee is set to present the SAD 17 Board of Directors with their plan for the school district’s future. Director Jared Cash, who chaired the committee, told directors at their Monday night meeting the committee is looking for feedback. The committee represents longtime community members, alumni, parents of students, former […]

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SAD 17 offices moving to Paris

OXFORD — SAD 17 has signed a lease with the Western Maine University and Community College Center, enabling the district to move its administration offices to Paris by early July. “June 16 will be our last school board meeting here,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the Board of Directors at Monday’s meeting at their central office […]

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SAD 17 curriculum director to serve part time

OXFORD — Longtime curriculum director Kathy Elkins will stay on part time next year to handle federal grants during the transition to her replacement, SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said. Elkins, who took the position in 2002, will stay into the 2014-15 school year. “Kathy agreed to stick around for 88 days to handle all […]

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Oxford Hills to graduate 235 students Saturday

PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s graduation Saturday will see 235 students dressed in green and white robes, marching to receive their diplomas. The 52nd annual commencement ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. June 7 at the Gouin Field Complex on Alpine Street in South Paris. SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said graduation […]

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Pulitzer Prize winner to be Oxford Hills’ keynote graduation speaker

PARIS — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Scott Allen will be the keynote speaker at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School commencement ceremony Saturday. Allen, an investigative journalist with the Boston Globe, was part of a team of reporters and editors that won the award for their coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. When he […]

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SAD 17 Central Office move called ‘win-win’

OXFORD — A plan to move Oxford Hills School District’s administration offices to the Western Maine University and Community College Center at 232 Main St. in Paris will be considered by school directors Monday night. The school district owns the building. Moving the Central Office from leased space at the Oxford Plaza on Route 26 […]

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SAD 17 survey shows student use of inhalants up

OXFORD — The use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana by Oxford Hills students has decreased over the past decade, but use of inhalants is up, according to a youth health survey released by SAD 17 educators this week. “A major concern is sniffing inhalants,” district Health Coordinator Pat Carson said. She and high school health […]