Our very own School Board Member earns the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Award. Congratulations Amanda!
Amanda Bartlett: In 2012 this entrepreneur launched Bartlett Inspection Services (she’s now head of Augusta Housing Authority) with a passion to help low-income housing administrators ensure that our most vulnerable neighbors have safe homes. A UMA grad, Amanda previously worked at MaineHousing where she investigated substandard housing conditions and helped define a corrective action plan. A Kennebec Leadership Institute grad, Amanda is also very passionate about her community: she’s a member of the Augusta School Board, Chair of the Friends of Lithgow Library, former Vice-President of the Augusta Downtown Alliance, and co-founder of a new non-profit, Literacy Lane. And she is the proud mother of two boys.
Dates to Remember Through March
December 4 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Facilities Committee meeting at Gilbert
December 9 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Policy Committee – Superintendent’s Conference Room
December 11 6:30 p.m. Pre–Board and Business meeting – Council Chambers, City Center
January 6 Committee meetings – Superintendent’s Conference Room
4:30 p.m. Personnel
5:30 p.m. Curriculum and Education
6:30 p.m. Finance
January 8 6:30 p.m. Pre–Board and Business meeting – Council Chambers, City Center
January 13 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Policy Committee – Superintendent’s Conference Room
January 22 Board Workshop – Superintendent’s Conference Room
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Boardsmanship workshop (please make every effort to attend)
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Board goal setting - Budget Books provided at the end of the workshop
January 27 6:30 p.m. Budget Workshop – TBD
Overview of the budget and presentation of Elementary School Budgets
February 3 6:30 p.m. Budget Workshop - TBD
Building and grounds - SPED - Technology - Adult Education - District Wide
February 5 6:30 p.m. Budget Workshop – TBD
Secondary presentation (Cony 7-12 and CATC)
February 10 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Policy Committee – Superintendent’s Conference Room
February 12 6:30 p.m. Pre–Board and Business meeting – Council Chambers, City Center
February 26 6:30 p.m. Public Input on the Budget – TBD
7:30 p.m. Budget Workshop
March 3 Committee meetings – Superintendent’s Conference Room
4:30 p.m. Personnel
5:30 p.m. Curriculum and Education
6:30 p.m. Finance
March 5 6:30 p.m. Special Board meeting – TBD
Finish any budget discussion and vote on the budget
March 10 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Policy Committee – Superintendent’s Conference Room
March 12 6:30 p.m. Pre–Board and Business meeting – Council Chambers, City Center
March 26 6:30 p.m. Board Workshop – Location TBD
Our Students in Grades 3-12 will participate in an All City Concert on Wednesday, December 18th from 7-8:15ish at the Augusta Civic Center. 
sta School Nutrition Program Serves Up Nutritious Meals When School is out!
During the school year, Bill is a member of our Lincoln Elementary School Nutrition team and in the summer he works for our Summer Feeding Program. As the driver for the program, hungry children are greeted by Bill’s smile as he hands out nutritious lunches at area parks and playgrounds. Bill is a hard worker, willing to do anything that is asked of him.
Fourteen students in Mr. Maines and Ms. Rideout-Dawes gave speeches about the person or event who they believed made the biggest impact in the 21st Century. The students gave speeches about Albert Einstein, 
Bonnie and Clyde, Walt Disney and Henry Ford, among others. 
Cony Middle and High School hosted C-SPAN this month as they recogni
zed Peter Ackerman, a junior at Cony. Peter created a documentary about the high cost of college and submitted it to CSPAN and was selected 4th out of 1,800 submissions throughout the country. Cony and CSPAN, along with CTV 7 and Time Warner Cable, hosted an assembly celebrating Peter's 
accomplishments. CSPAN brought their multi-media bus to Cony and allowed students to tour it as well as view their delivery of the news.