Proposed Policy Student Gender Identity ACAAA has split the Oxford Hills communities.
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SAD 17 board directors differ on ‘code of conduct’
The district’s Director Code of Conduct has come under scrutiny after multiple school board directors resigned.
SAD 17 resignations continue amid board rancor
Two directors from Oxford and one from Paris have quit this month.
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.”
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.
SAD 17 puts gender identity policy on hold
School board approves policy committee’s recommendation to table proposed policy ACAAA.
Directors from Oxford, Paris resign from SAD 17 school board
A list of district, staff and student achievement was overshadowed by controversy about a student gender identity policy.
Messages show complexity of gender identity debate
PARIS — The proposed policy on student gender identity under consideration by Maine School Administrative District 17 has revealed deep differences within the Oxford Hills community as parents, educators, children and elected officials have spoken against or in favor of proposed Policy ACAAA, the first reading of which was approved by the district’s school board […]
SAD 17 board: No comment on Paris recall petition
PARIS — After an emergency meeting in executive session for 90 minutes, Maine School Administrative District 17 voted to make no statement on a petition circulated in Paris to recall two of its school board district’s directors who, last month, voted to approve the first reading of proposed ACAAA Student Identity Policy. Last month Paris […]
Oxford Elementary educator named Maine PE Teacher of the Year
Emily Ellis tells the Advertiser Democrat that she knew as a child she wanted to make physed a staple of kids’ eduation.