DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 Nutrition Director Jeanne LaPointe told board members Tuesday night that students at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford are now offered coffee. Other new menu offerings include dried fruit and low-fat beef jerky at all three high schools in Rumford, Dixfield and Buckfield, she said. The foods are included […]
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RSU 10 board welcomes new member, former DES to remain partially open
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board, which welcomed a new member Monday night, approved keeping a section of the former Dixfield Elementary School open for administrative offices for a year. Jennifer LeDuc of Rumford, a parent of several school children, was elected to the board by write-ins last month. She succeeds Tracey Higley, who chose […]
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RSU 10 contract talks to start soon
DIXFIELD — Superintendent Craig King told the RSU 10 board Monday night that bus drivers, custodians and secretaries in the Western Foothills Education Association are ready to begin negotiations for a new contract. Also Monday, King and the board met in closed session to start his annual evaluation. He said contract and salary issues likely […]
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RSU 10 board to hear Andover education plan
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board learned Monday night that a member of the Andover Withdrawal Committee will make a presentation on its plan to leave SAD 44, which could impact the district. Superintendent Craig King said David Percival of Andover is scheduled to appear before the RSU 10 board in mid-September. For the past […]
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Five positions cut at RSU 10
DIXFIELD — Five RSU 10 staff members are receiving pink slips with just two weeks to go before school begins for another year. Superintendent Craig King told the board Monday night that because of the federal sequester, the district will receive nearly $160,000 less in local entitlement money than previously told. “This news came right […]