PARIS – A recommendation to replace the oil-fired boiler at Hebron Station School is expected to go before the SAD 17 board of directors for approval as early as Monday, Dec. 15. The expected recommendation is to purchase a propane boiler. SAD 17 directors were told in October that the oil boiler was cracked and […]
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Newry Withdrawal Committee introduces educational consultant
NEWRY — The Newry Withdrawal Committee introduced former SAD 17 Superintendent Mark Eastman as its educational consultant Thursday evening at the Town Office. Eastman said he was superintendent of the Oxford Hills School District in Paris for 15 years and worked in a smaller school district in northern Maine for 10 years. “Since retirement, I’ve […]
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Pumpkin Run raises money for SAD 17 programs
WEST PARIS — More than 230 runners from Oxford Hills participated in the second annual Agnes Gray Elementary School Pumpkin Run on Oct. 19, raising thousands of dollars for school programs. It included a 5K race, mile walk and 1-mile fun run, which attracted more than 55 schoolchildren. They ran across the finish line to […]
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SAD 17 touting higher education
OXFORD — Oxford Elementary School students met Monday with representatives of more than two dozen professions to learn about postsecondary opportunities. The career fair was one of many events being held in SAD 17 schools to celebrate Aspire Higher month. “The students were highly engaged during their visit,” said fourth-grade teacher Melissa Guerrette, who helped […]
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SAD 17 board considers language requirement for diploma
PARIS — All students graduating from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will have to demonstrate proficiency in a world language, but meeting that requirement may be a struggle, school officials said. Proficiency-based education requires students to demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn before they progress to the next lesson, […]
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Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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SAD 17 board discusses fund balance for new fiscal year
PARIS — SAD 17 Business Manager Cathy Fanjoy Coffey told the SAD 17 Board of Directors on Monday night that the district ended the 2013-2014 fiscal year with a fund balance of $1.36 million. A total of $440,464 was unallocated in the new fiscal year budget. Coffey said the unaudited financial report of fiscal year […]
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SAD 17 checking inventory of hazardous chemicals
PARIS — SAD 17 officials say they are keeping on top of undocumented and potentially dangerous chemicals in the school despite the lack of state and federal funding that was once available to help with teacher training and hazardous chemical clean-outs. “We need to get it done so we do,” Facilities Director Director Nelson Baillargeon […]
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SAD 17 principal report to board on school openings
PARIS — Building community among new staff, implementing new programs and making sure students are academic achievers are some of the goals principals mentioned to the SAD 17 board of directors Tuesday night. A total of 3,422 students from prekindergarten to grade 12 returned to the classroom last week. “It’s great to be back,” Oxford […]