DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday to schedule a special town meeting April 30 to discuss a citizens’ petition to consider withdrawing from Regional School Unit 10. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Dirigo High School. The matter will be decided at the polls on June 9. Residents in […]
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Peru selectmen approve warrant article on RSU 10 withdrawal
PERU — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to approve an article asking residents to appropriate $10,000 from surplus for a four-person committee to work on withdrawing from Regional School Unit 10. Secretary Angela Barkhouse said the Finance Committee also met to discuss the article. “Both the selectmen and Finance Committee voted in favor […]
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Three residents vying for three seats on Andover school board
ANDOVER — Residents will vote to fill three of five School Committee seats on Election Day, Town Clerk Melinda Averill said Wednesday afternoon. Andover residents voted 298-103 on Sept. 24 to withdraw from SAD 44 and establish their own school department. They also approved expanding the School Committee from three members to five, Averill said. […]
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Newry voters OK starting process to withdraw from SAD 44
NEWRY — It’s official: Newry voters decided Wednesday at the polls to continue the multi-step withdrawal process from School Administrative District 44. The district also includes Andover, which voted Wednesday to leave SAD 44. Other towns in the district are Bethel, Greenwood and Woodstock. Voters were asked whether they wanted to authorize the town’s Withdrawal […]
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Andover, Newry to vote Sept. 24 on SAD 44 withdrawal issues
Residents from Andover and Newry will vote Wednesday, Sept. 24, on issues related to withdrawing from SAD 44. Andover voters will decide whether they wish to withdraw from SAD 44, while Newry voters will decide whether they wish to allow the town’s Withdrawal Committee to appropriate $50,000 from the town’s surplus account to investigate withdrawal […]
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Public hearing on Andover withdrawal vote scheduled for Sept. 9
ANDOVER — A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Town Hall to discuss the withdrawal agreement between SAD 44 and the town, Andover Withdrawal Committee Chairwoman Paula Lee said. The hearing will take place before the selectmen meeting and give residents the opportunity to ask questions about the agreement […]
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SAD 44 withdrawal petition presented to Newry board
NEWRY — Selectmen on Monday received a petition asking for a town vote on whether to pursue creating a withdrawal plan from SAD 44. The petition, with 22 signatures, was submitted by resident Jim Sysko. The board must schedule a public hearing and a referendum vote on whether to enter a formal withdrawal plan process, […]
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Newry group starts withdrawal petition from SAD 44
NEWRY — Residents who have been exploring ways to reduce what the town pays to educate its children have abandoned — at least for now — an effort to change the local school funding formula in favor of an effort to withdraw from SAD 44. About two dozen people attended a meeting Tuesday at the […]
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Buckfield residents grapple with RSU 10 withdrawal
BUCKFIELD — Residents told the Buckfield Withdrawal Committee they are still uncertain what’s best for students, staying in RSU 10 or forming their own school system. Nearly two dozen residents attended a public hearing last week called by committee Chairman Glen Holmes to “gauge” what residents wanted to see in a school district. “If this […]
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Voters to decide AOS 97 withdrawal measure
FAYETTE — Residents will have the opportunity to decide whether or not they want the Fayette Central School to withdraw from Alternate Organizational Structure (AOS) 97 in a referendum vote in April. The ballot question reads as follows: “Do you favor the withdrawal of the Town of Fayette from the alternate organization structure known as […]