NORWAY — The Norway Planning Board has given the go-ahead to SAD 17 officials to move the Twitchell Observatory from its long-time location on Hoopers Ledge in Paris to a site on Roberts Farm Preserve. “It was approved at last week’s Planning Board meeting,” said SAD 17 Facilities Director Dean Dillingham. The board approval was necessary […]
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School begins with enthusiasm, many changes
PARIS — SAD 17 administrators told the Board of Directors at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 4, that the opening day of school last week was successful from the professional development many teachers had during the summer to the spotless buildings and smiling faces of children getting off the school buses. “We’re thrilled to be back,” […]
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Little hope of school construction in near future
AUGUSTA — The state Board of Education has approved two school construction lists, cementing SAD 17’s placement on both, but providing little hope that breaking ground on the projects could happen soon. The state Board of Education at its August 15 meeting approved SAD 17 as priority 6 and 7 for the Agnes Gray Elementary School […]
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Oxford Hills schools welcome new administrators, staff
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District classrooms have been cleaned and teachers are ready to welcome students this week. New staff, new programs, new facilities and more await the more than 3,400 students from the eight district towns of SAD 17, including 1,100 at the comprehensive high school, 500 at the middle school and 1,900 […]
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It’s back to school time!
PARIS — Classrooms have been cleaned and teachers are getting ready to welcome back students as the 2018-2019 school year gets underway next week. New staff, new programs, new facilities and more await the 3,400-plus students from the eight district towns, including 1,100 at the High School, 500 at the Middle School, and 1,900 at the […]
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Pink Feather Foundation offers free clothes shopping for students
Joni Gordon, president of the Pink Feather Foundation, left, and Jen Kyllonen, treasurer, co-founded the Oxford-based nonprofit that allows underprivileged children and their teachers to shop for donated clothes online for free. Donated cardboard suitcases with the washed and ironed clothes are sent to local schools for the students to take home. (Erin Place/Advertiser Democrat) […]
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Twitchell Observatory is on the move
PARIS — The Roger Twitchell Observatory on Hooper Ledge has seen a lot. The observatory on Hooper Ledge Road has been host to hundreds, probably thousands, of amateur astronomy enthusiasts who have made their way up the winding gravel road on Hooper Ledge in darkness over the last 20 years to view moons, planets, constellations, galaxies…some […]
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Kugell won’t seek chair again
OXFORD HILLS — Veteran SAD 17 Director and Chairman Ron Kugell announced at the June 18 Board of Directors meeting that he will not seek election as the board chair next month. Kugell who has served as chairman for many of his 34 years on the board said he was making the announcement early to […]
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SAD 17 construction funding getting closer
PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its Monday night meeting that the Oxford Hills Middle School and Agnes Gray Elementary School construction projects may be only a year or two away from state funding. The State Board of Education has released its priority school construction list and has ranked […]
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SAD 17 re-examines field trip practices
NORWAY — All water-based field trips have been stopped until school officials re-examine their practices and policies. Superintendent Rick Colpitts informed the SAD 17 Board of Directors in a June 15 memo that they will review the school district’s own field trip policy, using in part, information that the Lewiston schools may learn after their own […]