Kennebec Intra-District Schools
| Kennebec Intra-District Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
7 Reed Street
Hallowell , Maine, 4347United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PreK–12[1] |
| Superintendent | Rick Amero (Interim) |
| NCES District ID | 2314776[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,883[1] |
| Teachers | 179.97[1] |
| Staff | 217.3[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.46[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KIDS) a.k.a. Regional School Unit 2 (RSU 2) is a school district headquartered in Hallowell, Maine. In addition to Hallowell it serves Dresden, Farmingdale and Monmouth. (Richmond was formally a member, but voted in November, 2022 to leave the district effective July, 2023)[2]
History
[edit]Superintendents:
- 2007-2011: Donald Siviski
- 2011-2015: Virgel Hammonds
- 2015-2019: Bill Zima
- August, 2019-April 2020: Cheri Towle
- April 2020-August 2020: Mary Paine (interim)
- August 2020-February, 2022: Tonya Arnold
- February, 2022-October, 2022: Matt Gilbert
- October, 2022–present: Rick Amero
Curriculum
[edit]Circa 1993 the district (then MSAD 16, which included only Hallowell and Farmingdale) received a grant to teach languages that are different from indo-European languages that were key to foreign relations and trade and selected Japanese after considering Maine's foreign trade and conducting a survey of area businesses. Its first Japanese teacher, Naoto Kobayashi, had a wife who vacationed in Maine. The program was for grades 3-7 initially but extended up to grade 12.[3]
Schools
[edit]Middle and high schools:
High schools:
K-8:
- Monmouth Memorial School
Elementary schools:
- Dresden Elementary School
- Hall-Dale Elementary School
- Marcia Buker Elementary School (Richmond)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for RSU 02". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "About RSU2 and Our Mission". Kennebec Intra-District Schools. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
RSU #2 - Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KidsRSU) 7 Reed Street Hallowell, ME 04347-3047
- ^ Gold, Donna (July 1, 2001). "'Onegaishimasu'". Boston Globe. pp. B9, b11. - Clipping of first (B9) page and second (B11) page from Newspapers.com.
External links
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