Oxford Board of Selectmen March 15, 2018 School budget What happened: SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts outlined the school budget process and provided information on preparations for the 2018-19 spending plan. What it means: Colpitts said the process begins with an audit to determine how much to carry over into the next year. In October, […]
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SAD 17 superintendent addressing Norway board
NORWAY — School Administrative District 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts will meet with the Board of Selectmen at their meeting Thursday to discuss the district’s method of drafting its budget. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. During the board’s Jan. 18 meeting, Selectman Thomas Curtis suggested the board invite Colpitts to […]
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Norway board wants school budget explanation
Norway Selectmen Mike Twitchell, left, and Bruce Cook listen to Town Manager Dennis Lajoie at Thursday nuight’s board meeting at the Town Office. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal) NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday evening to invite School Administrative District Superintendent Rick Colpitts to a meeting to explain how the school budget is drafted. […]
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SAD 17 classes starting later Friday
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts announced late Thursday afternoon that there will be a two-hour delay in starting classes Friday morning because of frigid temperatures. “Our region is expected to face dangerous wind chills,” he said in a voicemail. “We anticipate there being some difficulty in starting our bus fleet in […]
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Blue Ribbon education panel meeting in Paris
PARIS — The Oxford Hills School District will host the second Blue Ribbon Commission on Education meeting at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on Monday, June 6. The commission’s purpose is to identify solutions to lower the cost of public education and improve student performance. It will submit a report to the governor and the Legislature’s Joint Committee […]
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Budget Committee sets schedule
PARIS — School Administrative District 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said he will meet with department heads and administrators after next week to go over 2016-17 budget requests line by line. “Around the first week in March I should have first blush of whether we’re up or down,” he said. The Budget Committee meeting schedule is: […]
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Middle school lacrosse coming to Oxford Hills
PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School, thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal […]
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Students show their enthusiasm to ‘Aspire Higher’
PARIS — About 4,000 Oxford Hills School District students, staff and others marched down Main Street on Wednesday morning to show their enthusiasm to aspire higher, as scores of family members, friends and the business community came out to line Main Street in support. The parade, which set off from the Oxford Hills Middle School […]
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Superintendent reports confirmed case of viral meningitis
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts has notified parents of a confirmed case of viral meningitis in SAD 17. The affected student has been identified as a fifth-grader. Colpitts is prohibited from revealing specific information under federal law, but he said the notification to school officials appears to have been done quickly […]
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Interviews set for SAD 17 principal candidates
OXFORD — Seven candidates to fill pending principalships at Oxford, Otisfield and Norway elementary schools will be interviewed beginning next week. Kim Ramharter, principal of Oxford and Otisfield elementary schools, tendered her resignation Jan. 30, effective at the end of the school year. On Jan. 5, Rowe Elementary School Principal George “Beaux” Sincerbeaux announced he […]