BETHEL — Winter Storm Grayson, which caused more than 500 closings locally Thursday because of heavy snow and powerful winds, has forced School Administrative District 44 to use its last storm day of the year. Superintendent David Murphy said five storm days each year are built into the school calendar. The first days this school year […]
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Change in makeup of SAD 44 board could increase Newry’s representation
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 directors learned Tuesday that a provision in state law allows for a process that could result in the reapportionment of member towns’ representation on the school board. Woodstock Director Marcel Polak, who chairs the board’s committee on Newry withdrawal, said the school board has been bound by the state’s constitutional requirements […]
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Auburn gets state OK to add an hour to Wednesdays to make up snow days
AUBURN — The school district will get the state’s OK to add an hour of teaching time to Wednesdays as a way to chip at snow days, Superintendent Katy Grondin said Friday. The district had been facing nine snow days before turning Friday’s scheduled workshop day into a regular day at the last minute. Five […]
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Board approves extending school day to make up snow days
BETHEL — If the commissioner of the Maine Department of Education approves the plan, students in School Administrative District 44 will go to school for an extra hour for 25 days. The extended school day is one option for school districts to make up snow days without to extending the school year into late June, […]
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Second RSU 10 building-use forum postponed because of snow
DIXFIELD — For the second week in a row, a special public information-gathering session was canceled because of snow. Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Craig King said Monday’s forum at Dirigo High School has been postponed to a future date yet to be determined. Last week, a similar forum at Mountain Valley High School was […]
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School officials counting snow days
OXFORD — Schools across the state are watching the calendar as snow days continue to add up during this long winter. “We have six snow days built in. We’ve used five now,” SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said. “If we use more than six, we then continue to add to the end of the school […]
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Auburn schools: Snow days may be replaced by late starts this year
AUBURN — When the snow and sleet hit this winter, Auburn students might see delayed starts instead of snow days. Superintendent Katy Grondin on Wednesday reminded the Auburn School Committee of a change approved last year. When there’s a storm, Grondin will have three options: hold school, call off school or order a two-hour delay. […]