Kennebec Intra-District Schools

Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KIDS) a.k.a. Regional School Unit 2 (RSU 2) is a school district headquartered in Hallowell, Maine. In addition to Hallowell it serves Dresden, Farmingdale and Monmouth. (Richmond was formally a member, but voted in November, 2022 to leave the district effective July, 2023)[2]

Kennebec Intra-District Schools
Address
7 Reed Street
Hallowell
, Maine, 4347
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
SuperintendentRick Amero (Interim)
NCES District ID2314776[1]
Students and staff
Students1,883[1]
Teachers179.97[1]
Staff217.3[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.46[1]
Other information
Websitewww.kidsrsu.org

History

Superintendents:

  • 2007-2011: Donald Siviski
  • 2011-2015: Virgel Hammonds
  • 2015-2019: Bill Zima
  • August, 2019-April 2020: Cheri Towle
  • April 2020-August 2020: Mary Paine (interim)
  • August 2020-February, 2022: Tonya Arnold
  • February, 2022-October, 2022: Matt Gilbert
  • October, 2022–present: Rick Amero

Curriculum

Circa 1993 the district (then MSAD 16, which included only Hallowell and Farmingdale) received a grant to teach languages that are different from indo-European languages that were key to foreign relations and trade and selected Japanese after considering Maine's foreign trade and conducting a survey of area businesses. Its first Japanese teacher, Naoto Kobayashi, had a wife who vacationed in Maine. The program was for grades 3-7 initially but extended up to grade 12.[3]

Schools

Middle and high schools:

  • Hall-Dale Middle School & High School

High schools:

K-8:

  • Monmouth Memorial School

Elementary schools:

  • Dresden Elementary School
  • Hall-Dale Elementary School
  • Marcia Buker Elementary School (Richmond)

References
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for RSU 02". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. "About RSU2 and Our Mission". Kennebec Intra-District Schools. Retrieved June 1, 2021. RSU #2 - Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KidsRSU) 7 Reed Street Hallowell, ME 04347-3047
  3. Gold, Donna (July 1, 2001). "'Onegaishimasu'". Boston Globe. pp. B9, b11. - Clipping of first (B9) page and second (B11) page from Newspapers.com.


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