Messalonskee High School

Messalonskee High School
Address
131 Messalonskee High Drive Oakland, Maine, 04963 United States
Coordinates	44°33′24″N 69°43′01″W / 44.5568°N 69.7169°W / 44.5568; -69.7169Coordinates: 44°33′24″N 69°43′01″W / 44.5568°N 69.7169°W / 44.5568; -69.7169
Information
School type	Public
Established	1969
School district	RSU 18
Superintendent	Gary N. Smith
Principal	Jon Moody (2011-Present)
Vice principal	Gwen Bacon, Paula Callan, & Dan Bowers
Faculty	82[1]
Grades	9–12
Student to teacher ratio	13:1
Campus type	Rural
Color(s)	Red, White, Blue
Mascot	Eagle
Revenue	$26,829,000 (district in 2004)[2]
Alumni	Darmon Meader
Website	www.msad47.org/mshs/

Messalonskee High School is a public high school located in Oakland, Maine. It serves all high school students in the RSU 18 school unit, which also includes Oakland, Sidney, Belgrade, China and Rome. The school was founded in 1969 and currently has slightly over 900 students enrolled. The campus features a 650 seat performing arts center that was built for the school in 1993.^[3] In 2005, the district dedicated the Performing Arts Center to former superintendent J Duke Albanese, renaming the facility the J Duke Albanese Performing Arts Center. Messalonskee is a member of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference.

Resignation of Principal Putnam

Toward the end of the 2007–2008 school year, the M.S.A.D. 47 district administration announced that several employment cuts would be made, possibly including principal Lori Putnam. Putnam had been hired as the new principal at the start of the previous school year and had grown to be well respected by staff and students. A petition to retain Putnam, with 180 student signatures, as well as a teacher petition featuring over 50 signatures was presented to the district school board meeting.^[4] Despite opposition from superintendent Morse, the school board voted to renew her contract with a two-vote margin.^[5] Even though her contract had been renewed, Putnam resigned on July 14, 2008, only three months after the vote.

External links

RSU #18 District Website

References

1. ^ "Messalonskee Staff Directory". http://www.msad47.org/mshs/staff/default.html. Retrieved 2009-01-29. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Messalonskee High School". Public School Review. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/35577. Retrieved 2009-01-29. 
3. ^ "Oakland (ME) Area Historical Society". http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mecoakla/documents/History/04Education.html. Retrieved 2009-01-29. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Morning Sentinel Staff (2008-04-08). "MESSALONSKEE HIGH SCHOOL Principal's supporters ready to speak out". Morning Sentinel. http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4945171.html. Retrieved 2009-01-29. 
5. ^ Hickey, Colin (2008-07-14). "OAKLAND Principal will not be returning". Morning Sentinel. http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5231832.html. Retrieved 2009-01-29.