BETHEL — Residents in School Administrative District 44 will vote Nov. 8 whether to change the cost-sharing formula from 100 percent valuation to 90 percent valuation and 10 percent student enrollment for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, then to 85 percent valuation and 15 percent student enrollment from 2020 on. Polls will be open from […]
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Cost-sharing formula change: what it means for Newry residents
NEWRY — Owners of properties valued at $100,000 could see their annual tax bills drop $69, if School Administrative District 44 voters approve changing the cost-sharing formula from 100 percent valuation to 90 percent valuation and 10 percent student enrollment, Administrative Assistant Amy Bernard said. However, owners may not see the savings because selectmen may […]
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SAD 44 formula hikes shares in 3 of 4 towns
BETHEL — SAD 44 directors held a public hearing Tuesday night to review language of the district’s cost-sharing question on the Nov. 8 ballot. The formula is based 100 percent on property valuation in each district town. If voters approve the referendum, the formula would be based 90 percent on property valuation and 10 percent […]
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SAD 44 cost-sharing referendum explained
BETHEL — Voters in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock will decide Nov. 8 whether to change their school district’s cost-sharing formula in two steps over three years. A School Administrative District 44 Cost Sharing Committee, which is made up of one school board member, one selectman and one member at large from each of the […]
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SAD 44 welcomes new staff members
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 welcomed eight new staff members Monday night at a casual gathering in the Telstar library. They are: • Haley Colpitts, Telstar math teacher primarily for grades nine and 10; • April Cook, Telstar science teacher for grades nine through 12; • Stevi McCrum, speech pathologist for the district; • […]
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Bethel residents vote against engineering study for Ethel Bisbee School
BETHEL — Townspeople have voted against funding an engineering study that would determine whether the former Ethel Bisbee School building at the end of Philbrick Street is structurally sound. The school, built in 1925 and expanded in 1947, was given to the town by SAD 44 in 2014. Before giving it to the town, SAD 44 […]
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Newry residents decide three issues
NEWRY — Residents will vote on three questions Tuesday, June 14, including whether to continue pursuing withdrawal from School Administrative District 44. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Town Office. Town Administrator Amy Bernard said the Board of Selectmen was advised to put the withdrawal question on a secret […]
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SAD 44 voters approve money playground, building improvements
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 residents voted Tuesday night to approve spending $576,000 from capital reserves for roofing, playground and heating system improvements. The three articles were included in the 2016-17 budget warrant presented for a hearing and vote at Telstar Regional High School. Voters authorized spending up to $90,000 to repair the roof […]
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SAD 44 residents vote to approve $10.59 million budget
BETHEL — Residents voted Tuesday evening to approve a $10.59 million budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year. It is .63 percent, or $66,933 lower than the current budget, Superintendent David Murphy said. A budget validation referendum will be held June 14 at polling stations in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock, Murphy said. He added that an […]
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Educational consultant disappointed in treatment of Newry Withdrawal Committee
NEWRY — Mark Eastman, educational consultant for the Newry Withdrawal Committee, told residents Tuesday night that he has “never seen a withdrawal committee treated with such disrespect.” The former School Administrative District 17 superintendent from Paris told those at the public hearing on a proposal for Newry to leave SAD 44 that he has helped […]