Voters in Rumford-based school district approve $33.26 million budget

Referendum voting on the 2023-24 school budget is set for June 13 at locations in each of the district’s seven towns.

Students suspended for fighting at Mexico middle school

No weapons were involved and no one was injured.

Mexico middle school instructor named 2023 Oxford County Teacher of the Year

Lacey Todd, who has been teaching for 19 years, says, "I teach because I have a debt to pay forward."

Rumford school principal to lead Mexico middle school

Jodi Ellis will be principal at Meroby and Rumford elementary schools this fall.

As graduation nears, Buckfield senior looks back most fondly on her time in the school gym

Grad Tidings: Hailey Litchfield is one of Buckfield Junior-Senior High School's top students. Yet, it's in the gym where she feels most at home.

Rumford-based school board approves $33.26 million budget

The amount is an increase of approximately 7.5% from this year’s budget of $30.95 million.

Rumford-based school district to reduce proposed budget by about $160,000

The district’s employee health insurance cost set its "ceiling" at a 6% increase from this year’s amount, allowing the district to cut their overall budget proposal amount, Superintendent Deb Alden said on Tuesday.

Rumford-based school district hopes to cut $195,000 more from budget proposal

Board Chairman Greg Buccina of Rumford and Director Jerry Wiley of Buckfield want town assessments' increase less than 5%.

Families in the Rumford area share their reasons for homeschooling their children

Darcy Klein, the director of River Valley Homeschoolers of Maine, created her homeschoolers’ support group so that others will know that they aren’t alone and that there are other families who are willing to share their own homeschooling experiences with them.

Rumford-based district aims to cut $1.3 million from school budget proposal