RSU 24 Board approves 2 percent salary increase for superintendent
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The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting Monday to raise Superintendent Michael Eastman’s salary by 2 percent for the 2021-22 school year following discussion in executive session.
According to the district’s 2020-21 adopted budget, Eastman’s current salary is $114,330.
In other financial news, School Board member Keith Goldfarb gave an update on the district’s Finance and Budget Committee, where he noted that four out of the district’s five schools show an increase in their preliminary budgets for fiscal year 2021-22.
He reported that the Cave Hill School’s budget is up nearly 17 percent, Ella Lewis School is up nearly 10.6 percent, Mountain View School is up by approximately 4 percent and Sumner Memorial High School is projecting a 3.5 percent increase.
Anchorage’s most famous horse, first Chinese restaurant and answers to other local history questions
Share on Facebook on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. After a recent article on street name origins in Anchorage, several readers wrote in about other uniquely named Alaska roads. For example, there is Four Wheel Drive in Chugiak. Karl Voiles wrote, “My brother’s first home was in Peters Creek. The road going in was horrendous, so my brother and his few neighbors got together and called it ‘Four Wheel Drive.’ The name even became official and remains so today.” Another reader pointed out Whigmi Road near Talkeetna. Whigmi is an acronym of “What have I gotten myself into.”
Easthampton’s new school ‘on time and on budget’
The elementary wing of Easthampton’s Mountain View School takes shape. The large open space will be a wall of windows. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Work progresses on Easthampton’s Mountain View School. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Gregor Helliwell, left, and Greg Sarrette work on wall panels in the new media room at Easthampton’s Mountain View School. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
The elementary wing of the Easthampton’s Mountain View School. The large open space will be a wall of windows. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Terry Kondel, an employee with Adams Plumbing and Heating, walks up the stairs of the main entrance of the Easthampton’s Mountain View School. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
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