HARRISON — SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts unveiled a proposed $37.65 million budget Monday night that includes $225,000 for four more teachers to reduce elementary class sizes. “It was not an easy budget to put together,” Colpitts told directors meeting at the Harrison Elementary School. The budget for 2014-15 is 4.75 percent more than this […]
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SAD 17 budget hearings scheduled; bottom line to be determined
OXFORD — The 2014-15 budget for SAD 17 will be unveiled at public hearings in April, but the amount is still unknown, Superintendent Rick Colpitts said Thursday. “There is no bottom line here for me to report,” he said. Last year, voters approved a $35.94 million spending plan that required an average 6.5 percent increase […]
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Oxford Hills principal, facilities director leaving
OXFORD — Two top administrators in the Oxford Hills School District have announced they will leave their positions this year. Oxford and Otisfield Elementary School Principal Kim Ramharter tendered her resignation Jan. 30, effective at the end of the school year. Facilities Director and longtime SAD 17 employee David Marshall will retire at the end […]
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SAD 17 OKs bid for wood pellets for two schools
OXFORD — The SAD 17 Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved a bid for wood pellets for Guy E. Rowe Elementary and Oxford Elementary schools for the next five years. Maine Wood Pellet Co., LLC of Athens was recommended by the Operations Committee. The company’s bid ranged from $180 per ton the first year […]
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SAD 17 school lunch program big business
PARIS — Food Services Director Martha O’Leary runs a $1.6 million business from the kitchen at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. And it costs the taxpayers zip. The 30 staff members of the Oxford Hills School District food services department — including the director, assistant director and secretary — serve 1,657 lunches, 857 breakfasts […]
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New lights for schools gets go-ahead
PARIS — The Oxford Hills School District directors approved an amended Qualified School Construction bond Monday night, paving the way for signing a lease agreement with Siemens Building Technologies Inc. to install interior and exterior LED lighting. The project is part of a $1 million contract with Siemens Building Technologies Inc. for two wood pellet […]
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Principals report ‘excellent’ start to new school year
OXFORD — Principals and administrators from across the eight-town Oxford Hills School District reported a smooth start to the new school year at Tuesday’s meeting of the board of directors. Superintendent Rick Colpitts said the district hired 68 employees since last year, almost 12 percent of the district’s staff. Assistant Superintendent Patrick Hartnett applauded the […]
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Standards laid out for SAD 17 program approval
OXFORD — Beginning this year, projects and programs floated by executive staff at Oxford Hills School District will be assessed by a set of standards laid out by Superintendent Rick Colpitts at the school board meeting Tuesday evening. Colpitts told board members that the decision whether or not to OK certain projects would be made in […]
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SAD 17 projects $600k in carry-over for next year
OXFORD — An unanticipated windfall from this year’s budget will allow the Oxford Hills School District to carry over $600,000, potentially easing some of the burden of another challenging budget next year. At the SAD 17 Board of Directors meeting Tuesday, Finance Committee Chairman Joe Vaillancourt reported that the district’s anticipated carry-over from the 2013-14 budget […]