Kennebec Intra-District Schools

Thank you! Our RSU 2 budget passed. A special thank you for the flexibility, courage and resilience demonstrated daily. The amount of learning we were able to accomplish was a direct result of your help with transportation, support for at home learning, pre-teaching safety protocols, and many other contributions!

Will RSU 2 do pool testing? https://www.kidsrsu.org/article/477096 Forms for PERMISSION or DO NOT APPROVE are due back by 6/30. Our families will decide in time to help us prepare for the first student day.

VOTE TODAY! Please support our schools. View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

RSU2 early release day Tuesday 6/8 due to the extreme heat. Temps expected to be over 90 again tomorrow and classrooms are too hot. Thurs 6/10 is our last day of school and should be a comfortable 73 degrees.

Please VOTE! Tomorrow June 8th - we need your support for our budget. View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

Is the district planning to return to school full-time in the fall? Yes! Everyone wants to return to school full-time. We will use grant funds to expand staffing further in our effort to bring all students back full-time despite spacing requirements that may be in place in the fall.

**** Tonight! June 3, 2021 at 7PM**** Hall-Dale High School Concert Band and Chorus! Here's the link! https://youtu.be/hAYfndl19iw Remember to SUBSCRIBE and click the bell to get notified of future live events!

We have not one but two events happening in RSU2 tonight! At Hall-Dale High School, we have the Jazz Band, Jazz Choir and Taiko Drummers at 7:00 PM. Here's the streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUnZMSMqJ1M At Richmond High School we have the Senior Awards Ceremony at 5:45PM, streamed at this link: https://youtu.be/8eIubTEEtHA

Join our RSU 2 Visioning Team https://www.kidsrsu.org/article/474098

Please mark your calendar! Vote next Tuesday June 8th to support our schools. View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

How has the RSU 2 budget changed over the past decade? We have worked to create fiscally responsible budgets each year. Since 2009, we have averaged an increase of 1.3% per year. In order to maintain this consistently low level of increases, the RSU eliminated about 38 positions gradually over that time period. If our budget had increased at the same annual rate as the Consumer Price Index, the current budget would be more than a million dollars higher than proposed. View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

Please help our transportation department prepare bus routes for the fall with in person learning 5 days per week. Take this survey https://forms.gle/WFwcBSEFMqb1MZwz8

COVID update 5-19-21 Since our last report on 4/28/21, RSU 2 has received reports of 20 positive covid cases. None of those cases required a change in school schedule, but 13 required contact tracing. Please continue to use the daily health screener and stay home if you have symptoms. CDC still recommends the use of masks indoors. This is a requirement in RSU 2 buildings, and please consider doing the same in other settings to help prevent the spread. Here is a link to vaccine information https://www.maine.gov/covid19/vaccines

Join us for the Hall-Dale Middle School Band concert live-stream tonight! May 26, 2021 at 7:30 PM. Click on the link below to view the live stream on YouTube. https://youtu.be/b1qefH48liU

If RSU 2 can’t spend Covid funds on regular expenses, what have we spent it on? View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

Students have been learning at home this year, so why haven’t costs gone down? View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

Haven’t we lost students this year due to Covid? Shouldn’t that bring our costs down? View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt

POOL TESTING. RSU 2 is researching this. Meanwhile, families or staff who are interested can learn more about pool testing TONIGHT from a CDC/DOE promoted webinar with Ginkgo Bioworks, from 6:30-7:30 pm. The registration link can be found, here https://ginkgobioworks.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QCndsWzcSm-u8hX-pwL2xg. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Covid Safety measures remain in place in RSU 2. Please continue to mask, distance and follow all safety measures as directed by school leaders. We need time to investigate the pool testing option that could reduce our requirements, so we will continue all indoor safety measures that have been in place indoors. As of Monday 5/24, masks will not be required while outside. Thank you for your support.

Why doesn't RSU 2 make deeper spending cuts to lower our taxes? View full FAQ here: https://5il.co/sewt