MSAD #51 Superintendent's Blog

Greely Rangers Winter Sports Roundup Girls Indoor Track - Class B State Champions & Western Maine Conference Champions Alpine Skiing -Girls and Boys Class A Sportsmanship Award Winners Boys Hockey #4 Seed State Class B Playoffs: Quarter-final  Tuesday  2-28   Girls Basketball Class A South Region Runner-up Boys Basketball Class A South Region Champions; State Championship game  Saturday March 4  @ Augusta Civic Center v Messalonskee Girls Ice Hockey - Southern Maine Region-Runner-Up Boys Indoor Track  State Runner-Up Swimming -3rd place in state Track Coach John Folan 11th Girls State Title makes him the winningest coach in the history of Girls Indoor Track A great winter season for Greely Rangers!  Great job to our student athletes and coaches! 2017-18 Budget Update We received our preliminary state subsidy numbers (state aid to education).  These numbers could change throughout the legislative process this spring,...

A WORD ABOUT SNOW DAYS Dear MSAD #51 Families, In case you may have been wondering why MSAD #51 schools were closed all day Wednesday, February 8 (as opposed to a more preferable 2-hour delay for morning ice conditions), this was due to the scheduled early release. When there is a scheduled early release, the district cannot delay the start time for the schools (not even a one hour delay would work).  A delay and an early release both held on the same day would not meet the required number of hours to be considered a full school day.  Additionally, it would cause a fair amount of unnecessary confusion around child care schedules for many of our families. This explanation applies to any future weather-related closings on scheduled early release days.  Please feel free to contact me if you have further questions regarding this procedure.          ROBOTICS GHS hosted a regional VEX Robotics competition last weekend.  Grea...