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.
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
District boundary Part of the district is in Kennebec County, where it includes the city of Hallowell and the towns of Farmingdale and Monmouth. Farmingdale town includes the Farmingdale census-designated place. - Text list
Another part of the district is in Lincoln County, where it includes the town of Dresden. - Text list
Another part is in Sagadahoc County, where it includes Richmond town. Richmond CDP is within Richmond town. - Text list
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. - Clipping of first (B9) page and second (B11) page from Newspapers.com.
Schools High schools: Hall-Dale High School Monmouth Academy
K-8: Monmouth Memorial School
Middle and schools: Hall-Dale Middle School
Elementary schools: Dresden Elementary School Hall-Dale Elementary School
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