Twin Valley

Twin Valley Middle/High School Principal Reed Mellinger

Principal ready to take on challenges

WHITINGHAM- Reed Mellinger has already been thrown a few curve balls since his first day as principal of Twin Valley Middle/High School.
Mellinger arrived on July 1 to a school expecting as many as 10 new teachers, open custodial positions, and maintenance issues. For Mellinger, an...

New teachers include familiar faces at area schools

Note: This is the first installment of our annual look at new teachers in local schools. More profiles will follow in future issues. Alma Hart Music
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union elementary schools
Alma “Peaches” Hart says she feels like she’s “coming home...

Report raises concerns about playground equipment safety at Twin Valley

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School Board members discussed playground safety concerns with parents at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The safety issues were identified in a report following an inspection of the playground at Twin Valley’s Whitingham campus by risk management...

Not interested in adopting river corridor regulations

WHITINGHAM- Selectboard members are adamant that they’re not interested in adopting river corridor regulations in Whitingham.
Planning commission chair Brad Lackey and vice chair Phil Edelstein met with selectboard members at their regular meeting Wednesday evening to clarify the board’s...

School board decides on dual-track boiler system

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley Union School Board members held a special meeting on Tuesday to approve a bid for a new boiler at Twin Valley Elementary School.
The boiler will replace the school’s pellet boiler, originally installed during renovations that followed the Twin Valley K-12 merger. ...

School ends year with surplus

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley is likely to end the year with a “sizable” surplus, according to supervisory union officials.
Board members reviewed a budget summary that indicated there could be a surplus of around $200,000 at the end of the year. Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Business...

School board seeking public input

WHITINGHAM- Change was in the air at last week’s Twin Valley School Board meeting, with board members discussing a change in the administration and a new focus for the board and the school.
School board members plan to reach out to the community, seeking input for the board’s and school’s...

“A 3 is not a B” in performance-based learning

WHITINGHAM- “A 3 is not a B,” began Twin Valley Middle/High School Vice Principal Lee Ann Monroe.
Monroe and principal Tom Fitzgerald met with a group of parents last week to follow up on parents’ requests for information regarding performance-based learning standards. The group of...

Twin Valley Middle High School

School board votes to hire new TV principal

WHITINGHAM- The Twin Valley School Board has voted to offer Reed Mellinger the position of Twin Valley Middle High School Principal, according to school board chair Sharon Berry.
The board’s vote followed a meeting with parents and principal selection committee members, and a school board...

Parents concerned over lack of progress on performance-based grading

WILMINGTON- A group of Twin Valley parents met with school board members Tuesday evening, demanding the school address what they described as deficiencies in its “performance-based learning” program.
Some of the complaints concerned the school’s evaluation and documentation of student...