FARMINGTON — About 40 days from now, two Mt. Blue High School students will travel to Florida to compete in games at the National Hockey Festival in West Palm Beach over Thanksgiving weekend. Rileigh Blanchet, a senior goalkeeper from Farmington, and Victoria Newbill, a junior center-forward from Wilton, play on the Mt. Blue field hockey […]
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RSU 9 board approves $9,000 stipend for management team
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school board members voted Tuesday to approve a stipend of $9,000 to manage the Forum and the Bjorn Auditorium at Mt. Blue Campus. The vote also allows the board to review data in January 2014 to see if that amount is enough or needs to be increased. The money was not […]
Mt. Blue Campus to hold tours prior to football game
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue Campus will celebrate homecoming and hold a community open house from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the campus on Seamon Road. The last tour will begin at 6:15 p.m. Visitors are asked to meet Mt. Blue High School National Society members in the lobby inside the front […]
RSU 9 holds off on tuition request from Kingfield
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors took no action Tuesday on a request to accept high school students from Kingfield, should the state and the town’s voters approve withdrawing from SAD 58. RSU 9 Superintendent Tom Ward recommended the board hold off on making a decision because the Kingfield Withdrawal Committee is in the beginning […]
Board votes to expand day treatment program
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to support hiring a special education teacher and financing it through the MaineCare program and state Department of Education. It will allow the district to expand its day treatment program at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington to include 11 students in grades seven through 12. The […]
Our schools: Construction at Mt. Blue campus in the final stretch
Construction laborers work in July on the new entrance to the Mt. Blue High School, Foster Career and Technical Education Center and Performing Arts Center in Farmington. FARMINGTON — RSU 9 Superintendent Tom Ward told board members in July that he has stressed to contractors that classrooms at the new Mt. Blue High School campus […]
Construction at Mt. Blue campus in the final stretch
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 Superintendent Tom Ward told board members Tuesday that he has stressed to contractors that classrooms at the new Mt. Blue High School campus need to be completed as soon as possible. The district’s custodial staff needs to be in the building by Aug. 1. By Aug. 15, everybody needs to start […]