FARMINGTON — In the midst of a contentious school budget season, a Chesterville man is calling for compromise. “It is time for all this name-calling to stop,” Bob Millay of Chesterville said Thursday during a Regional School Unit 9 board meeting. “It is not appropriate.” Millay is a member of Citizens for Common Sense Education, a group […]
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RSU 9 enters into lease-purchase agreement for three buses
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday to enter into a five-year lease-purchase agreement for three school buses at a principal amount of $289,614. The figure does not include interest. The agreement with Gorham Savings Leasing Group provides tax-exempt lease financing for the buses at an interest rate of 2.85 percent. Two other […]
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RSU 9 superintendent revamps budget process
FARMINGTON – The Regional School Unit 9 directors will review the 2016-17 budget proposals with administrators, directors and department heads line by line Superintendent Tom Ward said at Tuesday’s workshop. In the past, the board’s ad hoc budget committee met with administrators and department heads before the entire board reviewed the spending plan line by line. […]
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RSU 9 directors to start budget review on April 2
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will start 2015-16 budget discussions on Thursday, April 2, Superintendent Tom Ward said Tuesday. Ward introduced a schedule at Tuesday night’s board meeting. The board will meet at 6 p.m. on April 2 in the cafeteria of the Mt. Blue Middle School in Farmington. There was a conflict […]
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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 […]