PARIS — Voters from the SAD 17 eight district towns will be asked to approve a $39.9 million warrant when the annual budget meeting/hearing gets underway Thursday, June 7 at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the OHCHS Forum. The SAD Board of Directors approved the proposed […]
SAD 17 Budget
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Community budget meetings rescheduled
PARIS — Community-wide budget meetings with SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts have been rescheduled. In a letter dated March 30, to town officials from the eight district towns, Colpitts said the community-wide budget hearings have been delayed from this week until after April vacation in order to provide the most up-to-date information to voters. The […]
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Town officials heard district budget particulars
PARIS — The high costs of special education again held the attention of some 15 selectmen, town managers and others, as town officials were provided details of the proposed Fiscal 2019 school budget at a roundtable meeting April 3. “If special education keeps going up it has to come from somewhere,” said Otisfield Selectmen Chairman Hal […]
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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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SAD 17 budget meeting attracts few; Oxford officials caught between budget sessions
OXFORD — The SAD 17 budget presentation for Oxford and Otisfield residents Tuesday night was attended by one Oxford official and five from Otisfield. Some Oxford selectmen said they were where they needed to be Tuesday night: at a town Budget Committee meeting. Joining them was SAD 17 board Chairman Ron Kugell, who is a […]
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PARIS — New general purpose aid figures for local schools released Tuesday, March 15, show a slight reduction in local taxes necessary for SAD 17 district towns to pay for education in 2016-17. The new figures reduced the district’s mil rate from $8.44 to $8.03, SAD 17 Business Manager Cathy Coffey said. It was unclear at […]
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Possible state aid reduction for SAD 17
PARIS — Preliminary state subsidy figures show the Oxford Hills School District could see a reduction of slightly more than $210,000 in the 2016-17 share for local education. “It isn’t huge, but it’s a hit compared to last year,” School Administrative District 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said. Last year, the district saw an increase of $892,022 […]
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SAD 17 superintendent presents ‘best guess’ budget
PARIS — SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts presented a $38.2 million fiscal 2016 budget to town officials Tuesday night, saying it was based on a “best educated guess.” “The budget I’m presenting tonight is really an assumption,” Colpitts told about 15 town officials from six of the eight district towns — Otisfield, Hebron, Harrison, Oxford, […]
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PARIS — The proposed School Administrative District 17 school budget is still in a holding pattern, said Superintendent Rick Colpitts. “We are waiting in hopes the legislature will firm up the required local share mill rate and GPA for schools,” Colpitts said Monday. Additionally, there are still outstanding contracts that need to be settled before firm […]
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SAD 17 budget approved in all eight towns
OXFORD — Voters in the eight towns of SAD 17 gave final approval to the $37.6 million budget Tuesday. A total of 2,078 voters approved the 2014-15 spending plan in a vote of 1,413 to 665. “The community continues to support the school as best as they’re able to,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said Tuesday night. […]