Skowhegan-area school board approves $51.44M budget

Msad 54

Published
April 18, 2025

Skowhegan-area school board approves $51.44M budget

President Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding for Maine schools played into budget deliberations this spring.
Published
April 4, 2025

Skowhegan-area school board tables Title IX talks, focuses on budget

MSAD 54 Superintendent of Schools Jon Moody told the board of directors that the Skowhegan-area district complies with both state and federal anti-discrimination laws and encouraged the board to focus on finishing this year’s budget process.
Published
March 7, 2025

Skowhegan-area school board to consider compliance with Trump order

After a board member tried to force a vote Thursday about whether the board would explicitly follow the Trump administration’s orders, the board chair said the matter would have to be taken up at the next meeting.
Published
February 21, 2025

Norridgewock, MSAD 54 dispute declined by Attorney General’s office

The town and school district had asked the attorney general’s office for an opinion about whether a school board member can be employed by a contractor that provides services for the school district.
Published
January 24, 2025

Skowhegan-area school board committee appointments questioned

After a former board member questioned why his replacement was not given his seat on a committee, district officials determined they were violating bylaws defining town representation on committees.

Published
January 9, 2025

Cornville man, formerly banned, now on Skowhegan-area school board

Wayne Wofford, 47, an outspoken critic of rules about masking at schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been appointed to fill the seat held previously by Julian Payne on the Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors.
Published
December 30, 2024

Cornville member of Skowhegan-area school board resigns

Julian Payne, elected to the Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors in 2023, said he was frustrated with procedures and had personal differences of opinion.
Published
December 22, 2024

Norridgewock, MSAD 54 likely to take legal dispute to state

At issue in recent months has been whether Valerie Coulombe of Norridgewock, an elected member of the school district’s board of directors, can serve on the board because she works at a bus company contracted by the district.
Published
November 21, 2024

Skowhegan-area schools placed on lock-out after threat on social media

A 16-year-old boy who was believed to have made the threat was located in Albion about an hour after police began their investigation, according to Skowhegan police.
Published
September 27, 2024

Skowhegan-area voters asked to approve location change for planned bus garage

The proposed acquisition of the Maine DOT lot on U.S. Route 2, where the district now parks its buses, would come at no cost to local taxpayers since it is part of MSAD 54’s new elementary school construction project, according to district officials.

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