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LIVERMORE Regional School Unit 73 directors Tuesday voted 7-4 to continue contracting Bailey Brothers Ford of Livermore Falls for bus repairs and maintenance.
Voting in favor were Jay Michael Morrell and Lynn Ouellette, both of Jay; Sara Hughes, Steven Langlin and Andrew Sylvester, all of Livermore; and Phoebe Pike and Ann Schwab, both of Livermore Falls.
Opposed were Patrick Mulligan of Livermore Falls and Chairman Robert Staples, Elaine Fitzpatrick and Doug DiPasquale, all of Jay.
Joel Pike of Jay and Lenia Coates of Livermore Falls were absent.
The two-year contract begins July 1 and stipulates the hourly wage of $63, a $3 increase from this year’s contract.
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JAY Regional School Unit 73 directors Thursday approved the school calendar for 2021-22, assuming there will be in-person learning for Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls students.
Classes for kindergarten through grade 12 would begin Wednesday, Sept. 1, with prekindergarten classes starting Tuesday, Sept. 7. Teacher workshops are set Aug. 30 and 31.
Late-arrival Wednesdays would continue, with the exception of Sept. 22 when students would be released early, a tradition during the Farmington Fair.
The calendar aligns with School Administrative District 58 in Phillips, Regional School Unit 78 in Rangeley, Regional School Unit 9 in Farmington, the schools that send students to Foster Career and Technical Education Center at the Mt. Blue Campus in Farmington, Superintendent Scott Albert said.
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LIVERMORE Directors of Spruce Mountain Regional School Unit 73 on Thursday approved the first reading of policy changes that would allow more students to attend summer school.
Changes include lowering the passing grade from 50 to 30 for eligibility, and removing the stipulation that students with 30 or more absences are not eligible. The policy is for students in kindergarten through grade eight.
While reviewing the last trimester grades to tally how many of the 350 students at Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay were failing at least one class, Principal Carolyn Luce got through the first 162 and realized that wasn’t a feasible list.