PARIS — Efforts continue this week to eradicate what has been called “excessive” presence of mice in the school’s kitchen that temporarily shut down the food service facilities. Director of Facilities Dean Dillingham told the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its May 7 meeting that inspectors continue to monitor the situation and efforts to clean […]
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Extra hours may make up for snow days
PARIS — Students attended school last Friday and, depending on the upcoming weather, may have to stay late for an extra hour for at least a week after April school vacation following action the Board of Directors to mitigate the impact of nine snow days already used this year. The last day of school for students […]
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SAD 17 parents want answers on anti-gun rally
PARIS – More than 50 parents crammed into the SAD 17 board of directors meeting Monday night to express concern over what some called a lack of communication between the administration and parents after a silent memorial turned into a political anti-gun rally on Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School grounds last week. “I kept my […]
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Chinese auction to benefit OHCHS graduates
PARIS — The 14th annual Head Custodians Chinese Auction is set for Saturday, March 10 at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria. Doors for the popular event will open at 11 a.m. and the auction will start at 1 p.m. Since the 2001-2002 school year the head custodians have worked hard to raise funds […]
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SAD 17 fund balance 'healthy'
NORWAY — School Administrative District 17 Business Manager Cathy Coffey told the board of directors on Monday evening that the district ended its 2016-17 fiscal year with a fund balance of $1.60 million. That’s an increase of $257,358, or 1.82 percent, over the previous fiscal year. A total of $696,058 of the $1.60 million was […]
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Oxford Hills district announces kindergarten registration
PARIS — The Oxford Hills School District will hold kindergarten screenings at all of its elementary schools in May. To be eligible for kindergarten, children must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, 2017. Items needed on screening day are an original birth certificate, proof of residency, immunization record, most recent physical exam […]
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Snow on school roofs a concern in Oxford Hills
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District officials say they are monitoring the amount of snow on the district’s school buildings hoping to prevent more leaks like the one at the high school. “If another big storm came, we’d be worried,” SAD 17 Facilities Manager Nelson Baillargeon said after a record-breaking storm dumped more than 2 feet […]
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Laying a solid foundation
As members of Oxford County’s law enforcement community, we applaud Oxford Hills School District for beginning to offer pre-kindergarten for its children next year. There are many reasons why high-quality pre-K is beneficial, but chief among them, in our minds, is that it can put children on the right track early in life so they […]
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J. Green: A resolution to fund schools
At a recent board meeting, the directors of the Oxford Hills School District unanimously passed a resolution asking the governor and Legislature to respect Maine law regarding the state’s share of school funding. In a referendum, passed by a large majority of Maine voters in 2004, the state’s share of funding for Maine’s public schools […]