Students at Telstar High School, Middle School and a nearby elementary school were told to stay in place for 19 minutes while Oxford County deputies investigated the threat.
SAD 44
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
On This Day: Jess Wilkey, principal and first-grade teacher
WOODSTOCK — Jessica Wilkey, principal, is up before 6 a.m. and at the Woodstock School by 7:15 to sign kids in for breakfast. When “before school” is over, all the students line up by grade, and she dismisses them and their teaches to their classrooms. Next, she leads her own line of nine first graders […]
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SAD 44 board votes to continue masking in schools
The board passed the motion to continue masking by a vote of 6 to 5.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
30 Maine school districts join suit against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma
At least 30 Maine school districts have joined a class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma for damages related to the opioid crisis.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Summer food begins in SAD 44 district
REGION — At last week’s meeting, Superintendent Dave Murphy provided board members with an update on the district’s Summer Feeding Program, which started June 21. Meals will be delivered and available for pickup. Murphy also said they have been able to supplement the program with a $10,000 grant that the district received through the Full […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
SAD 44 sets dates for budget referendum, hearing, election
BETHEL — The SAD 44 School Board Monday set June 8 for a district referendum vote on the FY’22 budget and the at-large School Board election. It also set May 26 at 6:30 p.m.as the date for a remote public hearing on the budget. The proposed FY’ 22 school budget of $12,393,532, if approved, would increase […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
SAD 44 nomination papers available
REGION — Candidate nomination papers are now available for the MSAD 44 School Board, with eight members up for re-election this year. One three-year term seat is open in Woodstock, two Bethel three-year term seats, two Greenwood three- and two-year term seats and three Newry three-, two- and one-year term seats. Papers are available at […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
SAD 44 students remote until February
REGION — All SAD 44 schools will be closed until at least Monday, Feb. 8, after several positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in the district. Schools had already switched to remote learning as of last Friday, Jan. 22, following a positive case in one of the schools, but had planned to return to in-person […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Board rejects temporary remote learning period after holiday break
BETHEL — Monday, board members voted 8-6 against shifting to remote learning for two weeks following Christmas Vacation in order to keep the student body safer. School Nurse Chris Cole made the suggestion of going remote for two weeks, with her main reason being the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s get-togethers, which she believes will […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
COVID strikes again in SAD 44
BETHEL — SAD 44 schools closed for Christmas vacation two days early following a confirmed case of COVID-19 at Crescent Park School. The two missed days will be considered “traditional no school days,” according to an instant alert message sent out on Dec. 18. Over the weekend the school reached out to people who may […]