PARIS — Monday marked an annual rite of passage in Oxford Hills, with more than five hundred employees filling the parking lot and the Mark Eastman Auditorium at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School to kick off the new school year. The welcome rally provided space to introduce new staff, announce award honorees, reintroduce district leadership […]
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SAD 17 to present revised school budget at public hearing Tuesday night
The public meeting to present 11 budget articles will start Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s Forum. The referendum vote is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 6, at each town’s polling location.
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Municipal leaders push back against Oxford Hills school district’s budget
This year marks the first time since the Great Recession of 2008 that the school board of directors has added a line item to the district’s budget for school building upkeep, ending a 15-year pattern of ‘deferred maintenance.’
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Electric school bus discussion has social media firing on all cylinders
Arguments — in favor and against — dominated Advertiser Democrat and Sun Journal Facebook pages after SAD 17 school board directors vote to apply for E/V transportation grant.
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Local schools reopen following Lewiston shootings
Emotional support extends to students and staff alike.
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Free speech or uncivil discourse? Maine association advises tamping down on public comments at school board meetings
The Maine School Management Association has suggested schools adopt policies that prohibit offensive speech and complaints against specific staff or students at board meetings, but First Amendment advocates say it’s a step too far.
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Otisfield students produce living history reenactment
Otisfield Elementary School teacher Pamela Marshall’s fifth-grade class recently brought American history alive with a reenactment of the Continental Army’s experience at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.
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Messages show complexity of gender identity debate
PARIS — The proposed policy on student gender identity under consideration by Maine School Administrative District 17 has revealed deep differences within the Oxford Hills community as parents, educators, children and elected officials have spoken against or in favor of proposed Policy ACAAA, the first reading of which was approved by the district’s school board […]
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SAD 17 school board wants more field trips for all students
Families and educators are often called on to chip in personal money when fundraising for school field trips falls short.
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It’s back to school in Oxford Hills
Interim Superintendent Heather Manchester shares that the academic year is starting with a positive energy and a lot of support.