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Caribou Schools
March 12 - Release 2nd Trimester Reports - Grades
PreK - 4
March 12 - Release 3rd Quarter Progress Reports -
High School
March 19 - Storm Makeup Day (If Needed) - No
School
March 26 - Workshop Day - No School
April 2 - 3rd Ranking Period
Closes - Grades 5 - 8
April 9 - 3rd Trimester Progress
Reports Closes - Grades PreK - 4
April 9 - Release 3rd Ranking
Period Reports - Grades 5 - 8
April 9 - 3rd Ranking Period
Closes - High School
April 16 - Release 3rd Trimester
Progress Reports - Grades PreK - 4
April 16 - Release 3rd Ranking
Period Reports - High School
April 19 - 23 - Spring Recess -
No School
April 30 - 4th Quarter Progress
Reports Close - Grades 5 - 8
Limestone
Community School
March 19 - Storm Makeup Day (If Needed) - No School
March 26 - Workshop Day - No School
April 19 - 23 - Spring Recess -
No School
The Perloff Family Foundation, in
conjunction with the Maine Community Foundation,
has awarded a grant to Caribou High School for the project titled "The
Cold War and Loring Air Force Base". Written and overseen my members of the
English and Social Studies departments at Caribou High School, this funding will
allow grade 11 students to better understand and appreciate the pivotal role
Loring AFB played during these tense years. The grant will allow for a guest
speaker panel (featuring local citizens), a tour of the former base, and the
creation of a DVD to capture this local history. The Cold War, taught in grade
11 Social Studies curriculum, will be reinforced in English classrooms through
research, documents, and discussions. For more information or those with
questions may contact
amargeson@rsu39.org.
Eastern Aroostook RSU
#39
Board of Education
Teacher Negotiations Goals
As
we work to complete negotiations for the first teacher contract in our new
regional school unit, our guiding principle is fairness: fairness to
students, fairness to employees and fairness to taxpayers.
First, we
have to be sure that the new contract fully supports our efforts to provide
students with the best possible education. The language in the contract
must be flexible enough so we can structure the school day and assign
teachers to create an effective learning environment for students. Any
contract language that does not support student success is unacceptable.
Second, the
new contract must be fair to teachers. To attract and retain the best
teachers, the contract should provide our teachers with fair pay and
benefits. The contract should also recognize the importance of the
profession – particularly those teachers who are most effective in helping
students achieve success – and it should protect teachers against unfair or
arbitrary treatment.
Last, but not
least, the new contract must be fair to taxpayers. We are in the midst of a
financial crisis that has gripped our state and the entire nation. The
State has curtailed funding for education –in this fiscal year- by
$38 million. That will translate into the revenue that this year’s school
budget was based upon has been cut by $124,592. The Commissioner of
Education has also informed us that subsidy for the next fiscal year
that begins on July 1st will be $36 million below previous
projections. Current estimates indicate that our revenues will be reduced
$300,000 to $350,000. In this economy, we cannot and will not shift the
burden of these funding cuts to property taxpayers.
Our resources are
finite. We have no choice but to ask our employees to understand the
enormity of the challenges we face and share in the financial sacrifice that
we are all making. Collectively, we all need to do what we can to
continue to provide the best possible education for our children. We
hope to do this while keeping layoffs to a minimum. We cannot agree to
a new contract that does not recognize the economic realities and that will
force us to reduce teaching staff and services to students.
It is never easy to negotiate a contract when money is tight, and the task
of consolidating the Caribou and Limestone teacher contracts is complex, but
we are hopeful that the Teachers’ Association and its member teachers will
work with us to achieve a contract that is fair to students, employees and
taxpayers alike.
Caribou Rotary Club is looking for host
families for the 2010-2011 Academic Year. The Rotary Youth Exchange
student would be in your home for 3-5 months, while attending Caribou High
School. Caribou Rotary has actively participated in sending and receiving
exchange students and previous host families consider the experience
favorably. Please visit Caribou Rotary Clubs' website at
www.caribourotary.org and
access the link "Rotary International Exchange Host Family Opportunity"
for more information.
The Eastern Aroostook RSU consisting of Caribou, Limestone and Stockholm, approved a $19.5 million budget for the combined districts on
Wednesday evening, June 24 (292 - 107).
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