The district’s Director Code of Conduct has come under scrutiny after multiple school board directors resigned.
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Oxford Hills 2022: The year in review (part I)
Oxford Hills, along with the rest of the world, began to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 as virus vaccine eligibility became more widespread and treatments developed to adequately treat the disease. But Maine School Administrative District 17 entered the year rocked by scandal, misconduct, external and internal investigations and cratering morale within months […]
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SMH president to lead MaineHealth coastal region division
Andrea Patstone has departed Oxford Hills to oversee MaineHealth’s coastal healthcare division. The search for her replacement is on as Stephens Memorial and Western MaineHealth join MaineHealth’s mountain region system division, along with Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington, Memorial Hospital in North Conway, NH.
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Former library building faces a new chapter in Harrison
Averill and Christine Davis have decided to sell the Caswell Library building in Harrison, which they bought and renovated back in 2005.
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SAD 17 resignations continue amid board rancor
Two directors from Oxford and one from Paris have quit this month.
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SAD 17 descends to games of school board roulette
Municipal officials may be starting a trend of interfering in Oxford Hills’ eight-town school district, appointing directors according to political affiliations and referring to the district as a “quagmire” and a “swamp.”
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Oxford Hills Tech School awarded $2.1 million building grant
The money will pay for an education and training program for students on electrician/electrical contractor career tracts.
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SAD 17 seeks volunteers for new school building committees
Agnes Gray in West Paris and Oxford Hills Middle School in Paris and Oxford have been greenlighted by Maine Department of Education for replacement.
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Oxford Casino pitches in to help save town’s last surviving schoolhouse
Pigeon Hill Schoolhouse was built in 1857, where generations of Oxford students were educated in the 19th and 20th centuries.