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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Parent says Norway school not doing enough about lice
NORWAY — A local couple said parents are not being notified of lice outbreaks in SAD 17. “This is crazy. As a parent, I want to know if there is a problem,” said Angela Bonville, whose 11-year-old daughter came home from the Guy E. Rowe School in Norway this week with nits, or lice eggs, […]
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SAD 17 officials give go-ahead to move offices to Paris
PARIS — The SAD 17 board of directors on Monday unanimously approved an amendment to its 20-year lease with the Western Maine University and Community College Center to allow school administration offices to relocate to the center on Main Street. Moving the central offices from leased space at Oxford Plaza on Route 26 in Oxford […]
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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 […]
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SAD 17 board approves 2014-15 budget
OXFORD — The SAD 17 Board of Directors approved the proposed $37.65 million fiscal year 2014-15 budget at its meeting Monday night. The proposed budget will defer major maintenance projects but maintain programs districtwide and add teaching positions, Superintendent Rick Colpitts said . The budget, which is 4.27 percent more than this fiscal year, requires […]
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SAD 17 budget adds teachers, defers roof, paving projects
NORWAY — The proposed $37.65 million SAD 17 budget will defer major maintenance projects but maintain programs districtwide and add teaching positions, Superintendent Rick Colpitts said at Tuesday night’s budget hearing. Less than a dozen people attended to hear Colpitts unveil details of the proposed fiscal 2014-15 budget. During the nearly 90-minute presentation at the Guy […]