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PublishedApril 12, 2024
SAD 54 board of directors approves $48.89 million budget for Skowhegan-area schools
Spending funded by local property taxes is expected to increase 3.95%, though the expected impact of the increase on the district’s six towns varies widely.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Frustrations brew over Skowhegan athletic complex project with no firm timeline
Some residents have been pointing fingers at the town and the school district as Skowhegan Area High School’s baseball and tennis teams are set to begin their spring season without their usual home field and courts.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2024
Federal dollars help planned Skowhegan school, early childhood facility reach fundraising goal
Congressional spending of $1.9 million passed last week, along with local fundraising totaling $3 million, should cover the cost of an early childhood wing, the part of the project not funded by the state.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2024
Skowhegan-area district’s budget likely to go up, but not because of new school
Factoring in funding from the state and other sources, the district’s preliminary budget proposes an effective increase of about 4.6%, or $1.93 million, over this year's spending, MSAD 54 Superintendent Jon Moody said.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2024
Skowhegan-area school board votes on hiring new school resource officer after rift between sheriff, police chief
After months of discussions, the School Administrative District 54 board of directors decided that the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office will staff the new position, although Skowhegan’s police chief had previously expressed opposition.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2023
After bus yard floods, Skowhegan-area schools manage to reopen Thursday
Staff worked all day Wednesday to get the buses and vans running after they were damaged Tuesday by flooding, according to MSAD 54 superintendent Jon Moody.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2023
Skowhegan selectmen push forward plans for athletic fields at community center
Selectmen earlier in the week approved preliminary plans for the layout of additional fields at the center on Poulin Drive.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2023
Skowhegan-area school superintendent named top administrator in Maine
The Maine School Superintendents Association this week named MSAD 54's Jon Moody the superintendent of the year.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2023
Thanks to Skowhegan-area students, families are hot on the trail for a good story
With an assist by the New Balance Foundation, a group of students are working with others to create a third StoryWalk trail after previously establishing ones in Madison and along Lake George in Canaan.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2023
As students head back to school, some districts struggle to find the staffing to serve them
The problem is particularly severe in Skowhegan-based Maine School Administrative District 54, which still needs more than 20 educational technicians as the 2023-24 school year launches.
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