Kennebec Valley Consolidated Schools

Kennebec Valley Consolidated Schools or Alternative Organizational Structure 92 (AOS 92) was a school district with the superintendent based in Waterville, Maine and with another office in Winslow, Maine. The district served Waterville, Winslow, and Vassalboro.[1]

The district had about 3,000 students in the school department. Eric L. Haley was the superintendent. Peter A. Thiboutot was the Assistant Superintendent.

History

The district was combined in 2009 as per state law required it. The district was established as part of the 2007 State of Maine School Administrative Reorganization law.[1]

AOS 92 communities were two former school districts. Waterville Schools were their own independent school department, and Winslow and Vassalboro were part of School Union 52, along with China, which went to RSU 18 when the new state law came in 2009.

On March 13th, 2018, Waterville, Winslow, and Vassalboro residents voted to dissolve AOS 92 by 253 votes. Each town will become their own independent school department on June 30, 2018. The votes were 183–58 in Waterville, 122–62 in Winslow, and 81–13 in Vassalboro; a snowstorm caused the turnout to be lower.[2] On July 1, 2018 the district ceased to exist.[1]

Schools

AOS 92 had 8 schools.

VASSALBORO:

  • Vassalboro Community School, Grades PK-8 - Dianna Gram, Principal

WATERVILLE:

  • George J. Mitchell School, Grades PK-3 - Alan Martin, Principal
  • Albert S. Hall School, Grades 4-5 - Barbara Jordan, Principal
  • Waterville Jr. High School, Grades 6-8 - Carole Gilley, Principal
  • Waterville Sr. High School, Grades 9-12 - Brian Larramee, Principal
  • Educare Central Maine, Ages 3-5 - Director is unknown
  • Mid Maine Adult Education - Hannah Bard, Director (program combined with RSU 18)
  • Mid Maine Technical Center - Peter Hallen, Director - Waterville, Winslow High School students attend along with nearby Lawrence High School of MSAD 49 and Messalonskee High School of RSU 18.

WINSLOW:

  • Winslow Elementary School, Grades PK-5 - Kyle Price, Principal
  • Winslow Jr. High School, Grades 6-8 - Jason Briggs, Principal
  • Winslow High School, Grades 9-12 - Chad Bell, Principal

NOTE: Winslow Schools were in the process of developing a new school system to get rid of the junior high, and send the 6th graders to the elementary, and add on for 7th and 8th graders at the high school, plus a new auditorium. A 600-seat one was included in a November 2017 referendum, but failed. A 415-seat one was included in a June 2018 referendum, and passed.

District Auditorium

Trask Auditorium at Waterville High School is the district auditorium. It has 698 seats. [3]

AOS Timeline

2009 - AOS forms, Eric Haley is superintendent, Peter Thiboutot is assistant superintendent 2009-2018 - AOS in existence. 2017 - plans start to dissolve AOS 92. March 13, 2018 - All three communities vote to dissolve AOS 92. July 1, 2018 - Waterville Public Schools, Winslow Public Schools, & the Vassalboro School Department all replace KVCS.

References
  1. Home. Kennebec Valley Consolidated Schools. Retrieved on September 5, 2018. "Waterville Central Office Office of the Superintendent 25 Messalonskee Avenue Waterville, Maine 04901-5437 [...] Winslow Central Office 20 Dean Street Winslow, Maine 04901-5437"
  2. Higginbotham, Emily (2018-03-13). "Voters in all 3 communities approve of dissolving AOS 92". Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  3. wshs.aos92.org/


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