PARIS — Two School Administrative District 17 elementary schools will have new principals this fall. Beth Clarke, who served as interim principal of the Agnes Gray School in West Paris this year, has been named principal of the Agnes Gray and Hebron Station schools. She will take over from Melanie Ellsworth, principal of the Hebron […]
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SAD 17 board approves $38.2M budget
PARIS – The SAD 17 Board of Directors unanimously approved the proposed $38.2 million fiscal 2016 budget at its meeting Monday night. The warrants for the June 4 budget meeting for voters in all eight district towns were expected to be delivered to each town office and posted Tuesday. The budget meeting will be held […]
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Paris selectmen moving forward on acquiring Fox School
PARIS — The town is moving forward with reacquiring Mildred M. Fox School from School Administrative District 17 after an employee with the Maine Municipal Association inspected the building for insurance purposes last week. According to Paris Town Manager Amy Bernard, John Waterbury of MMA Risk Management toured the two-story facility at 10 East Main […]
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Hebron adjusting population numbers in comp plan
HEBRON — A look at Hebron’s Comprehensive Plan shows the town had more than a 50 percent increase in people ages 15 to 17 from 2000 to 2010, because the U.S. Census Bureau counted Hebron Academy students. According to population figures in the plan unveiled at Wednesday night’s public hearing, the number of people ages […]
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Heating system replacement at Hebron Station School discussed
PARIS – A recommendation to replace the oil-fired boiler at Hebron Station School is expected to go before the SAD 17 board of directors for approval as early as Monday, Dec. 15. The expected recommendation is to purchase a propane boiler. SAD 17 directors were told in October that the oil boiler was cracked and […]
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Chinese exchange student liking her time in America
DIXFIELD — Yan “Krystal” Xintong likes shepherd’s pie and pasta, shopping at Walmart and swimming in the local lake. Krystal, the American name she chose as an exchange student from China, arrived in the United States in August and is a junior at Dirigo High School. She lives with Rick and Marilee Colpitts and their […]
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SAD 17 board considers language requirement for diploma
PARIS — All students graduating from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will have to demonstrate proficiency in a world language, but meeting that requirement may be a struggle, school officials said. Proficiency-based education requires students to demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn before they progress to the next lesson, […]
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Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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Hazardous chemicals removed from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
PARIS — Two hazardous chemicals found during a routine inspection of a physics lab at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School have been removed, Superintendent Rick Colpitts told directors this week. He said the chemicals were bromine and iodine, which were removed because they had expired dates. They were disposed of at a U.S. Environmental Protection […]
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SAD 17 off the hook for cost of oil spill cleanup
HEBRON — While the cost to clean up more than 1,500 gallons of oil that leaked out of the Hebron Station School basement tank last December is unknown, the SAD 17 school district is not picking up the tab. SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts and Jessamine Logan, spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection, both […]