Tuesday Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Ordinance Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Jay: Special selectmen meeting, 3:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Lynchtown Township: Oxford County Commission, 10 a.m., Bosebuck Mountain Camps, 2013 Parmachenee Road Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office […]
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SAD 58 moving forward with pre-kindergarten program
PHILLIPS — A Regional School Unit 58 pre-kindergarten program could start as early as September 2015, adding to the the expanding number of Maine school districts investing in early childhood education, officials said. In April, the RSU 58 school board prepared its 2014-15 budget, committing $30,000 to start preparations for pre-kindergarten classes in Phillips, Kingfield and Strong. […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Salem Township: SAD 58 Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Abram High School Thursday Wilton: Planning Board, 6 p.m. site visit at Hammond Lumber, Route 2, 7 p.m. meeting at Town Office
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This week’s agenda
Thursday Livermore Falls: RSU 73 Board of Directors, 6 p.m., Central Office Salem Township: SAD 58 Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Abram High School
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SAD 58 residents consider proposed $9 million budget
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Residents of SAD 58 accepted a proposed $9 million budget Wednesday night at Mt. Abram High School. The board of directors approved the proposed 2014-15 spending plan earlier this month. It is $18,062 more than this fiscal year. The budget will go to voters at polling stations in Kingfield, Avon, Phillips and […]
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SAD 58 board OKs new positions, sets budget
SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 directors Thursday approved hiring a dean of students who will also serve as athletic director for Mt. Abram High School. They also approved at $9.09 million budget for the coming fiscal year. Jeff Pillsbury served as assistant principal and athletic director for the high school two years ago. When he […]
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SAD 58 advertising for part-time athletic director
SALEM TOWNSHIP — SAD 58 directors decided Tuesday to advertise for a part-time athletic director and include money for that position in the 2014-15 budget. Last year, it was decided to eliminate the combined position of athletic director and assistant principal at Mt. Abram High School in Salem Township. It was held by Jeff Pillsbury, […]
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SAD 58 teachers says budget cuts have hurt programs
KINGFIELD — SAD 58 directors heard from teachers Thursday night about the effect budget cuts made in the past decade have had on programs. Steve Mitman, who supervises the career education component and acts as a liaison for students attending the Foster Technology Center in Farmington, said code writing, or computer programming, is a basic […]
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SAD 58 board explores ways to boost revenue
KINGFIELD — At their Thursday night meeting, SAD 58 board members reviewed ways to increase revenues that come to the district. Superintendent Brenda Stevens said schools in other parts of Maine and other states have sold advertising space on buses, report cards and other places. Another fundraising option included adding fees for sports and textbooks. […]
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SAD 58 board weighs school consolidation idea
SALEM TOWNSHIP — SAD 58 directors agreed Thursday night that taxpayers would not support a proposal to create a single student campus to save money. They reviewed the idea of building an elementary school next to Mt. Abram High School. Savings would come from staff reductions and other efficiencies. The model was based on closing […]