RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 board of directors agreed that middle school students from outside the district will be allowed to play on the football team for $200 per player, Superintendent Deb Alden said Tuesday. The board Monday night approved the same agreement as last year, allowing players from the RSU 56 towns […]
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RSU 10 board approves bus purchase
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 board of directors Monday approved the purchase of a 2016 school bus. Superintendent Deb Alden said the district has $50,000 to purchase a used bus, but Buildings, Grounds and Transportation Director Scott Holmes had found a 2016 model that he felt was “really worth $65,000.” Holmes said the […]
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Rumford school gets grant for student health services
RUMFORD — Regional School Unit 10 has received a $200,000 grant to provide social, emotional and mental health services to students at Rumford Elementary School for two years, Superintendent Deb Alden said at the school board meeting Monday. “That will be very helpful to Rumford Elementary School because they are going to be able to fund […]
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Rumford school third on state list for reconstruction
RUMFORD — Rumford Elementary School, one of the two elementary schools in Regional School Unit 10, is third on the Maine Department of Education’s 2018 priority list for school construction, Superintendent Deb Alden said Tuesday. “We will be getting a committee together to plan for this and looking into a pre-kindergarten through grade eight facility […]
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Derouche joins RSU 10 school board
MEXICO — Ashley Derouche of Mexico has accepted a three-year seat on the Regional School Unit 10 board, Mexico Town Clerk Penny Duguay said Thursday. Derouche was one of four write-in candidates for the position. She succeeds Heather Gallant, whose term expired in June. mhutchinson@sunmediagroup.net
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RSU 10 budget passes; school board members chosen
RUMFORD — Voters in the seven towns of Regional School Unit 10 approved a $26.48 million budget Tuesday. The tallies were: Buckfield, 247-151; Hanover, 55-13; Hartford, 134-52; Mexico, 319-157; Roxbury, 47-33; Sumner, 110-73; and Rumford, 860-431. The budget represents a districtwide tax increase of 3.43 percent. Chad Culleton of Hartford was elected to a three-year […]
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High school program helps at-risk freshmen
MEXICO — Mountain Valley High School Principal Matt Gilbert gave the Regional School Unit 10 board an overview Monday of a program that helps freshmen start high school successfully. The Building Assets and Reducing Risks program, known as BARR, is in its first year at the school and led by coordinator Marsha Burns and Academic […]
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Retirees of RSU 10 recognized
MEXICO — Twenty-three retirees were recognized at the Regional School Unit 10 retirement and recognition dinner Monday night at Region 9 School of Applied Technology. Mountain Valley High School Assistant Principal and coach Alan Cayer was recognized by Mountain Valley High School Principal Matt Gilbert. “Al was one person I admire for 39 years working […]
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RSU 10 budget passes, despite requests for cuts
RUMFORD — Despite efforts to reduce individual spending requests, RSU 10 voters approved a school budget that includes a districtwide tax increase of 3.43 percent. At a town-hall-style meeting at Mountain Valley High School on Wednesday night, Mexico resident Reggie Arsenault repeatedly asked for cuts in separate articles of the $26.48 million spending plan for […]
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Chronic absenteeism a problem at RSU 10 schools
MEXICO — Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Deborah Alden told directors Monday night that chronic absenteeism is rampant in the district. “Data submitted indicates Buckfield Junior-Senior High School (in Buckfield) and Mountain Valley High School (in Rumford) have 25.82 percent and 46.47 percent of students, respectively, chronically absent,” according to an email from Janette Kirk, […]