BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 residents will vote on a $10.59 million school budget at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at Telstar Regional Middle/High School auditorium. They will also decide on a a $164,394 Adult and Community budget. The school budget is 1 percent less than in 2015-16. Superintendent said the three new articles […]
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SAD 44 adds 3 spending articles to budget
BETHEL — The SAD 44 school board has added three articles to its budget meeting agenda, Superintendent David Murphy said. The public meeting for the 2016-17 fiscal year budget is tentatively scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the Telstar High School auditorium. The three new articles are: • Taking $90,000 from the Capital Improvement […]
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SAD 44 board to revisit discussion on pellet boiler
BETHEL — The School Administrative District 44 board of directors will revisit whether to add a pellet boiler to Crescent Park Elementary School at its meeting on Monday, April 25. Superintendent David Murphy said the Facilities Committee looked at the possibility of adding a backup pellet boiler system to the school. “The school currently operates […]
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SAD 44 board to review pellet boiler study
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board will hear a report Monday night on the feasibility of installing a pellet boiler at Crescent Park Elementary School. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Telstar High School library. A year ago, the school board unanimously approved the study, which was done by Integrated Energy Systems PLLC. […]
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Newry to vote on stopping SAD 44 withdrawal
NEWRY — Residents will vote in June whether to stop the process of withdrawing from School Administrative District 44, Town Administrator Amy Bernard said Wednesday. She said the Board of Selectmen was advised to put the question before residents as a secret ballot, rather than at their annual town meeting in March. Selectmen decided to […]
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SAD 44 withdrawal, security system on Newry agenda
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will discuss drafting a letter to School Administrative District 44 directors about possibly stopping the process of leaving the district. The board will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Town Office. Residents voted in September 2014 to authorize the Withdrawal Committee to appropriate $50,000 from […]
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SAD 44 board votes to move forward with negotiating purchase of land
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board voted Tuesday evening to authorize Superintendent David Murphy to negotiate the purchase of property abutting the Telstar high/middle school athletic fields. “The idea is that I would negotiate and try to find the best deal possible to purchase the land,” Murphy said. “After I had information, I would go […]
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SAD 44 agrees to mediation on Newry withdrawal issue
The SAD 44 committee negotiating with Newry’s Withdrawal Committee has agreed to mediation to try to come to a withdrawal agreement for Newry residents to consider. The Newry panel had proposed the move. “We are agreeing to mediation because it’s the next best tool to resolve the withdrawal challenges,” SAD 44 committee Chairman Marcel Polak […]
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Newry Withdrawal Committee: SAD 44 officials stalling
NEWRY — After receiving another counterproposal from School Administrative District 44 that is very similar to the last one, some Newry Withdrawal Committee members said SAD 44 officials are stalling and not bargaining in good faith. SAD 44 Withdrawal Committee Chairman Marcel Polak, however, denied that claim and said his committee is simply trying to […]
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DOE rejects ending Newry withdrawal negotiations
NEWRY — The Commissioner of Education said in a letter last week to SAD 44 that he does not have the authority to suspend the Newry withdrawal negotiations, as the school board had requested. The board asked for the suspension in order to pursue forming a districtwide committee to craft a local school funding formula […]