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Celebration Barn to launch ‘Theater in Schools’ program
The Barn’s new program, “Theater in Schools,” will host students from all eight elementary schools in the Oxford Hills School District for a live performance.
Oxford Hills schools tackling uptick in e-cigarettes, marijuana-laced edibles
Use by students ranges from elementary to high school grades.
SAD 17 to hold kindergarten screenings
All elementary schools in the district will host a screening in the spring.
Former SAD 17 board member pleads no contest to theft charges
Former Oxford Hills School District board member plead no contest to a theft charge on Feb. 21 in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Nurse coverage difficult in schools
PARIS — Assistant Superintendent Patrick Hartnett said he is “encouraged” about applications he is receiving to fill the recent resignation of a nurse who was oversaw the medical needs of hundreds of students in Oxford Elementary School, the Otisfield Community School and at the Western Maine Regional Program for Children with Exceptionalities, that is based […]
Committee works on thoughtful, judicious walkout policy
PARIS — Policy Committee Chairwoman Judy Green told the SAD 17 Board of Directors that work continues on the student walkout policy, but its development is hindered by lack of precedent. “The fact that there aren’t any existing policies to draw from makes it more difficult,” Green told her fellow directors at the October 1 board […]
It’s back to school time!
PARIS — Classrooms have been cleaned and teachers are getting ready to welcome back students as the 2018-2019 school year gets underway next week. New staff, new programs, new facilities and more await the 3,400-plus students from the eight district towns, including 1,100 at the High School, 500 at the Middle School, and 1,900 at the […]
Middle School initiates semester system
PARIS — Oxford Hills Middle School students will remain on two campuses this fall, but will no longer be moving from one to the other school building for classes each trimester. Instead students will remain in one building for the entire 2018-2019 school year and be studying under a semester system, said Oxford Hills Middle School […]
High School cafeteria kitchen reopens, others still closed
PARIS — State inspectors ok’d the opening of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria kitchen last week, but two other classroom kitchens remain closed because cleanup has not been completed. State inspectors made the final inspection of the high school cafeteria kitchen approving its opening on May 30, almost four weeks after it and kitchens […]