Teaching Kids in Closets and Making Due Tremont School Committee meets with select board members for school tour and budget talks

Teaching Kids in Closets and Making Do.

Tremont School Committee meets with select board members for school tour and budget talks. Shaun Farrar Jan 12, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. TREMONT—It was formerly the cleaning crew’s supply closet and now it is the occupational therapy room and designated deescalation space for the Tremont Consolidated School. Small and barren, it contains a few chairs, a small desk, … Continue reading Teaching Kids in Closets and Making Do.

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Southwest Harbor’s School Board and Select Board Talk Budget Together.

Newest draft whittles town’s share to a $504k increase. Carrie Jones Jan 10, 2026 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—In one of many meetings about the town’s municipal and school budgets, the town’s school committee and select board sat together in the Pemetic School Library, gathered around tables pushed together and a long bench and talked budget. Between January 12 and January 22 the select board has six budget … Continue reading Southwest Harbor’s School Board and Select Board Talk Budget Together.

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“We’ve Been Ghosted”: Mount Desert School Committee Cuts Ties with Architect

Committee looks over draft school budget with a decrease, renews school resource officer agreement, and learns more kids are missing less school days so far this year. Carrie Jones Nov 08, 2025 MOUNT DESERT—Frustrated after months without communication, Mount Desert school officials say they’ve been “ghosted” by the architecture firm hired to oversee a $6 million renovation project and will now seek new partners to … Continue reading “We’ve Been Ghosted”: Mount Desert School Committee Cuts Ties with Architect

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Mount Desert Selectboard Navigates Salary Debates Ahead of Town Vote

School presents budget, Seth Libby Appointed Deputy CEO Carrie Jones Mar 05, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. MOUNT DESERT—It was a pretty unanimous Mount Desert Selectboard when it came to approving warrant articles at both its March 3 and February 24 meetings. However, the March 3 meeting grew a bit more tense as the board … Continue reading Mount Desert Selectboard Navigates Salary Debates Ahead of Town Vote

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Tremont Select Board Sends Proposed School Budget Back for Adjustments

EMS Committee Moving Forward Shaun Farrar Feb 13, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TREMONT—Tremont School Principal Jandrea True, Superintendent Mike Zboray, and AOS 91 Business Manager Nancy Thurlow presented the proposed FY25/26 Tremont School budget to the Tremont Select Board at Monday night’s meeting, February 10. The FY25/26 budget as originally proposed is $5,365,303 which is … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Sends Proposed School Budget Back for Adjustments

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Council and Warrant Committee Discuss Bar Harbor’s Proposed School Budget

Carrie Jones Jan 29, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—School Superintendent Mike Zboray, Conners Emerson Principal Dr. Heather Weir Webster, and AOS Business Manager Nancy Thurlow presented the Conners Emerson budget to town councilors and warrant committee members, January 28. Zboray handed out a budget fact sheet that detailed each piece of the budget that would be … Continue reading Council and Warrant Committee Discuss Bar Harbor’s Proposed School Budget

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Conners Emerson School Budget Ready

CES Cares Program Helps Local Families This Winter Carrie Jones Dec 22, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—The Conners Emerson School Board and Mount Desert Island Regional School System Board both approved budgets on Monday, December 16, for FY 2025, which begins in July for Bar Harbor. The next steps for the school board’s … Continue reading Conners Emerson School Budget Ready

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Town Appropriation to Proposed School Budget Increases 10.25%

All of Bar Harbor’s Elected Bodies Converge to Talk School Budget CARRIE JONES JAN 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Conners-Emerson budget is now projected at a 5.70% increase in total revenue and 10.25% in total appropriation. It calls for the town raising $7,605,474 explained School Superintendent Michael Zboray at a joint budget meeting of the Bar Harbor Town Council and Warrant Committee. Members of the … Continue reading Town Appropriation to Proposed School Budget Increases 10.25%

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Proposed Conners Emerson Budget Decreases

Students Make Thanksgiving Boxes CARRIE JONES NOV 21, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Birthday celebrations and budgets dominated the Bar Harbor School Board’s meeting Monday night. There were no members of the public present and the board members took that time for public comment to sing happy birthday to Conners Emerson Principal Dr. Heather Webster before hearing about some quick updates and more work on the Conners … Continue reading Proposed Conners Emerson Budget Decreases

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Proposed School Budget Passes School Committee

Budget could increase 5.6% BAR HARBOR—This Monday, the Bar Harbor School Committee approved its $8.4 million budget, moving the 2023-2024 budget one step closer to ratification. This is an increase of $440,000 or 5.6%. Voters will have to approve or reject that budget in June. Before that, the Bar Harbor Town Council must approve the budget to be placed on the town’s warrant. Members of … Continue reading Proposed School Budget Passes School Committee

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