LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 Curriculum Committee will hold its first meeting April 16, the school board learned at its meeting Thursday night. Board members Darcie Calden of Jay and Diane Gould of Livermore co-chair the committee, which will meet at 6 p.m. in the Central Office. The committee will begin an overview and […]
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RSU 73 settles ed tech and secretaries contract
LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 board approved a three-year contract for educational technicians/secretaries on Thursday, putting the employees from the former SAD 36 and Jay school systems on the same pay scale and benefits package for the first time. Superintendent Robert Wall said the contract runs from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015. […]
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RSU 73 unveils $18.86M preliminary budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — The preliminary 2014-15 budget for Regional School Unit 73 shows a nearly $284,000 increase over this year. The $18.86 million spending plan was presented to the school board Thursday night. Superintendent Robert Wall said Friday that the district recognizes its responsibility to have a responsible budget and to provide essential services to […]
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RSU 73’s Wall to retire in June
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 Superintendent Robert Wall announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2013-14 school year on June 30, following a closed board session Thursday night. Wall, of Lewiston, began his superintendent’s duties at the Jay School Department 10 years ago, and continued on when the former Jay School Department […]
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RSU 73 board, town officials discuss costs
JAY — RSU 73 Superintendent Robert Wall told a group of selectmen and town managers from the district’s three member towns this week that projecting the costs if Jay and RSU 36 had stayed separate is hard to determine. But he knows for sure that the 2011 consolidation of the former Jay School Department and […]
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Parents check out renovation at Spruce Mountain Middle School
JAY — The new classroom space smells fresh and new, Crystal Ducharme said at Tuesday night’s Spruce Mountain Middle School open house. She and scores of other parents and their children wandered the corridors, spoke with teachers and saw the new section of the school. “I like it down here,” said Ducharme’s eighth-grade daughter. “There’s […]
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All high school students together, AmeriCorps members to assist
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 staff and students will experience many changes when the school year starts on Wednesday — it’s the first year that all secondary students will attend the same campus, and there will be an infusion of student assistance through the services of about 35 AmeriCorps members. Contractors have been working all […]