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School Committee Candidates: Emily A. Sheffield

At the November 3 election, Sanford and Springvale voters will elect two School Committee members to three-year terms. The three candidates are Paula T. Cote, Amy Turgeon Sevigny and incumbent Emily A. Sheffield. Kendra Williams is not seeking reelection. Emily Sheffield has lived in Springvale for 13 years and is the mother of two young adults. She is the Executive Director of Nasson Community Center and Little Theatre. She is running for a second term on the School Committee because…

School Committee Candidates: Amy Turgeon Sevigny

At the November 3 election, Sanford and Springvale voters will elect two School Committee members to three-year terms. The three candidates are Paula T. Cote, Amy Turgeon Sevigny and incumbent Emily A. Sheffield. Kendra Williams is not seeking reelection. Amy Turgeon Sevigny is a 1995 graduate of Sanford High School and has a nursing degree from Simmons College. She has been a registered nurse at Boston Children’s Hospital for over twenty years and resides with her family in Springvale. She…

School Committee Candidates: Paula T. Cote

At the November 3 election, Sanford and Springvale voters will elect two School Committee members to three-year terms. The three candidates are Paula T. Cote, Amy Turgeon Sevigny and incumbent Emily A. Sheffield. Kendra Williams is not seeking reelection. Paula T. Cote has lived in Maine over 25 years, and has raised her family here.  She has degrees from Florida State University and Middlebury College. She has worked as a Spanish teacher at schools in Sanford and Yarmouth. With 5 children…

School Committee 9/21 Meeting Summary

At the Sanford School Committee’s regular meeting on September 21, the following items were among those presented or discussed: Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson gave an update on the construction projects at Sanford High School, Margaret Chase Smith School and Sanford Middle School. The final walk-through for SMS is scheduled for later this week, and in-person classes are at this time still planned to begin on September 28. School Committee and Building Committee members will tour SMS and MCS on…

High School & SRTC Move to Remote Learning

Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson announced on Friday, September 18, that Sanford High School and the Sanford Regional Technical Center will move to fully remote instruction beginning Monday, September 21. An individual associated with the High School recently tested positive for Covid-19, and there is a possibility that other staff or students may have been exposed. Superintendent Nelson wrote that he is also concerned about an increased level of risk in Sanford, with the community spread of the virus that…

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