RUMFORD — The directors of Regional School Unit 10 voted 12-1 Monday night to charge $200 for each Dirigo Middle School student in Dixfield who wants to play football at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Nine students from Dirigo want to play at Mountain Valley this year, Mountain Valley Middle School Principal Ryan Casey […]
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RSU 10 to return half of state funding to seven towns
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday voted unanimously to return half of the $658,659 in funds received from the Maine State Department of Education last month to the district’s seven towns. Michelle Casey, school board director and member of the Finance Committee, explained the committee’s recommendation to return the money to the […]
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RSU 10 to receive additional $658,689 from state
RUMFORD — Regional School Unit 10 has received $658,689 in state aid, Superintendent Deborah Alden told directors Wednesday night. The money is part of the additional $48 million the Department of Education is getting for 2017-18. With the new state budget, the local share for the district is 40.74 percent, not the 42.44 percent expected […]
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$2M in cuts likely not enough for RSU 56
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 56 directors are considering nearly $2 million in budget cuts as they struggle to build their first spending plan since voting last year to leave RSU 10. Faced with requests totaling $13.48 million Tuesday night, directors tried to balance needs with what residents of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru can […]
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RSU 10 budget increases taxes
MEXICO — Directors of Regional School Unit 10 on Monday approved a $27.73 million budget for 2017-18. The spending plan would increase local assessments by an average of 2.84 percent, Superintendent Deborah Alden said Tuesday. Voters will weigh in on it a hearings later this month. Directors started in March with a budget proposal was […]
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Ownership of social worker position needs resolution for RSUs
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 56 board of directors will decide by next week whether to get legal advice for a dispute over the services of a social worker, Chairwoman Barbara Chow said at Tuesday’s meeting. The two districts are in talks about sharing services once RSU 56 — four towns that withdrew from […]
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RSU 10 board initials revised extracurricular activities policy
BUCKFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 directors unanimously approved the first reading of a revised policy that would prohibit student athletes on academic probation from attending away games. Under the current co-curricular and extracurricular activities policy, they can practice with the team and attend away games but cannot play. Assistant Superintendent Pam Doyon said the […]
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RSU 10 board votes to extend school days by one hour
PERU — The Regional School Unit 10 board of directors has extended school days by one hour for three weeks starting April 3, Superintendent Deborah Alden said Tuesday. “That will make up three snow days,” she said. “I had gotten quite a bit of positive feedback from students, parents and staff, and our student representative to […]
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Sharing should be minimal
Approximately 10 years ago, the state of Maine created RSUs. In Western Maine, RSU 10 is going through a separation and RSU 56 has been created by the old SAD 21 towns. There have been hurt feelings, false information and a lot of finger pointing. It should be understood that the RSU 10 board was […]