RSU 22 to Begin Development of 2019-20 Budget RSU 22 Has Begun the Early Steps for the 2019-20 School Year Budget Development
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Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 -POSTAL Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort PATRON ECRWSS • Page 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID HAMPDEN, ME PERMIT NO. 2 RSU 22 • Hampden • Newburgh • Winterport • Frankfort 24 Main Road North, Hampden, ME 04444 Fall 2018 RSU 22 to begin development of 2019-20 budget RSU 22 has begun the early steps for the 2019-20 school year budget development. The Budget Committee met twice this fall to discuss the budget-building process and Presenting Sponsor locations: directly underneath the scoreboards at (l. to r.) the Turf Field, the HA gym, and Bordick Field. the scheduling of meetings. The following schedule has been drafted to ensure thorough public discussion of each budget category. Sponsorship campaign underway to support Meetings to discuss specific budget articles will be held in the Hampden future athletic facility maintenance, enhancements Academy Library on the following dates: A sponsorship campaign is underway in RSU RSU 22 community and to encourage businesses • Tuesday, January 22, 4 p.m.— 22 to encourage area businesses to partner with to participate. Articles 9, 10 and 11 (Facilities, Debt the district in support of future athletic facility The idea for the signage sponsorship campaign Service, Nutrition) enhancements through the School Athletic Facil- was born as questions arose about the district • Tuesday, February 12, 4 p.m.— ity Capital Reserve Fund. saving more toward future athletic facility reno- Article 4 (Other Instruction: Athletics/Co- Sponsorships will allow businesses to feature vations and replacements. (Please turn to page 9) their business name and logo on signage at the Assistant Superintendent Regan Nickels said the Multi-Purpose Turf Field, the Hampden Academy sponsorship revenue would be targeted to ensure RSU 22, EA22 agree on Gymnasium, and Bordick Park. that funds are available for future athletic facility Informational letters will be distributed to area maintenance and enhancements. new Teacher Collective businesses to introduce the signage initiative and Sample signs and registration packets will be Bargaining Contract provide information related to it. available at Hampden Academy home basketball RSU 22 and the EA22 Education Association An Ad Hoc Committee has been meeting to games starting December 8th. have reached agreement on a two-year Teacher guide the introduction of the campaign to the (Please turn to page 2) Collective Bargaining Contract that covers the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school years. The contract provides salary HA hosts 10 MPA fall playoff games on new turf field increases for teachers of approxi- Turf rentals benefit playoff mately 4.45% per year, or about 9% over the two years. teams, RSU 22 community Health insurance for the teach- A total of 10 Maine Principals ers remained the same—100% of Association playoff games, including the cost of single coverage under the Class B and Class C state cham- the Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield pionships for both boys and girls Standard 500 plan, and 70% of the soccer and the Class C and Class cost of dependent coverage. D regional football championships, Superintendent Rick Lyons said were held at the RSU 22 Multipur- the increases in teacher salaries pose Turf Field at Hampden Acad- were designed to bring the bottom emy this fall. of the scale higher, making RSU 22 The playoff schedule included: more attractive to new teachers. • October 25, 3 p.m.—Girls Further, he said the new contract Soccer Class C North quarterfinal: eliminated the wellness incentive and Penquis Valley 2, Dexter 0. the personal leave incentive, allowing • October 25, 5 p.m.—Central HS those funds—about $75,000—to be Girls Soccer, Class C North quarterfi- shifted to the salary scale. nal: Central 1, Sumner 0 (2OT). The contract included three other • October 26, 1 p.m.—Boys Soc- adjustments: cer Class C North quarterfinal. Foxcroft Academy (maroon jerseys) vs. Bucksport in the Class D North Regional Cham- • An increase in the supplement for (Please turn to page 2) pionship game on November 10. Foxcroft won, 43-26. (Please turn to page 9) Drama Club bringing ‘Radium Girls’ to PAC stage December 6-7-8 The Hampden Academy Drama Club will present Radium Girls, an unusually intense drama, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 6, 7, and 8, at the HA Performing Arts Center. Show time is 7 p.m. on all three nights. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Radium Girls, which was written in 2000, follows the story of the wom- en who were hired to paint watch and The cast rehearses the courtroom trial scene in Radium Girls. clock dials in the 1920s with lumi- nous paint made from radium. cancer, the company tried to push “It’s really the story of the wom- Guare, who is directing the play. At the time, no one knew that ra- back and said it wasn’t at fault and en’s fight for justice—their fight to “Radium Girls tells an important dium posed a health threat, but when didn’t have any financial or moral be heard and to have their stories story—one which I hope resonates the women started coming down with responsibility for the women. told,” says Drama Club advisor Jenn (Please turn to page 3) Page 2 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Platinum Sponsor locations: the fence facing the grandstand at the Turf Field, and the outfield Fence at Bordick Field. Purple Sponsor locations: the HA Gymnasium wall. RSU 22 seeks sponsors to support future athletic facility enhancements (Continued from page 1) 3’x5’ signs located on the HA Gym- programs. $900 for 3 years). Sponsorship opportunities vary nasium wall above the bleachers. Friends of Hampden Academy Businesses who would like more in- based on the size and prominence of • White Sponsors (total of 14): Athletics will receive recognition in formation should contact HA Athletic the signage. 2’x2’ signs located at the side of the home game programs and on the Director Fred Lower. Sponsorship The sponsorship levels are: scoreboards at the Multi-Purpose HA athletic web site. levels and locations will be awarded • Presenting Sponsors (total of Turf Field, the HA Gymnasium, and Sponsorship costs are as follows: on a first-come, first-serve basis. 5): Signs located immediately under- Bordick Field. Presenting Sponsors—$3,000 for As 2019 approaches, the commit- neath the scoreboards at the Multi- • Friends of Hampden Academy one year (or $5,000 for 2 years or tee’s goal is to secure contracts as Purpose Turf Field (2 signs, approxi- Athletics Sponsor (no limit): Spon- $6,000 for 3 years); Platinum Spon- early as January. Sponsorship signs mately 4’x10’), the HA Gymnasium (1 sor signs will be 4”x25.5”, located sors—$2,500 for one year (or $4,200 will then be in place at the multi- sign, 20.5”x8’), and Bordick Field (2 on a sandwich board near the ticket for 2 years or $5,100 for 3 years); turf field, gymnasium, and stadium signs, approximately 4’x12’) booths for all home contests. Purple Sponsors—$2,000 for one locations for the basketball and • Platinum Sponsors (total of 90): Presenting Sponsors, Platinum year (or $3,400 for 2 years or $4,200 spring 2019 seasons. 4’x4’ signs located on the fencing facing Sponsors, and Purple and White for 3 years); White Sponsors—$1,500 Mrs. Nickels says the sponsor- the grandstand of the Multi-Purpose Sponsors will receive public recogni- for one year (or $2,600 for 2 years or ship campaign is directed primarily Turf Field (46 signs) and on the out- tion at all home games and recog- $3,300 for 3 years); and Friends of at area businesses, but individual field fence at Bordick Field (44 signs). nition on the Hampden Academy Hampden Academy Athletics—$500 sponsorships will be accepted at any • Purple Sponsors (total of 18): athletic web site and in home game for one year (or $800 for 2 years or level. Edythe Dyer Library, RSU 22, Cyr Bus partnering in ‘Books on the Bus’ program Starting sometime this winter, at outfit one bus with seat covers “We don’t want to make any extra least one school bus in RSU 22 will for books, describe it as the work or responsibility for the bus have seat covers with pockets filled “book reading bus,” and rotate drivers,” said Ms. Lozito, director of with books that students can read— it among the various school the Edythe Dyer Library. “We just and then take the books home if bus routes within RSU 22. want the students to be able to read they like them. The current plan is for good books.” The books will be provided by the the seat covers to be made Edythe Dyer Community Library, at the Cyr Bus garage in Old Hampden Academy hosts either through a grant or from Town at an estimated cost of books donated by other sources. $65 each. The books will be 10 MPA fall playoff games The “Books on the Bus” pro- provided by the Edythe Dyer on new turf field gram was proposed by Elizabeth Library, either through a (Continued from page 1) Houghton, a library staff member grant or donations. • October 26, 7 p.m.—Football who read about a similar program “We’re hoping to have a Class C North Quarterfinal: Hermon involving the Patten Free Library grant, but the books will be 41, Washington Academy 0. and the Bath School Department there,” said library director • November 3—MPA Sponsored in the Maine Humanities Council’s Debbie Lozito. “We’ll have Class C & B Girls and Boys Soccer summer newsletter.