Kennebec Valley Consolidated Schools


Kennebec Valley Consolidated Schools or Alternative Organizational Structure 92 was a school district with the superintendent based in Waterville, Maine and with another office in Winslow, Maine. The district served Waterville, Winslow, and Vassalboro.
The district had about 3,000 students in the school department. Eric L. Haley was the superintendent. Peter A. Thiboutot was the Assistant Superintendent.

History

The district was combined in 2009 as per state law required it. The district was established as part of the 2007 State of Maine School Administrative Reorganization law.
AOS 92 communities were two former school districts. Waterville Schools were their own independent school department, and Winslow and Vassalboro were part of School Union 52, along with China, which went to RSU 18 when the new state law came in 2009.
On March 13th, 2018, Waterville, Winslow, and Vassalboro residents voted to dissolve AOS 92 by 253 votes. Each town will become their own independent school department on June 30, 2018. The votes were 183–58 in Waterville, 122–62 in Winslow, and 81–13 in Vassalboro; a snowstorm caused the turnout to be lower. On July 1, 2018 the district ceased to exist.

Schools

AOS 92 had 8 schools.
VASSALBORO:
WATERVILLE:
WINSLOW:
NOTE: Winslow Schools were in the process of developing a new school system to get rid of the junior high, and send the 6th graders to the elementary, and add on for 7th and 8th graders at the high school, plus a new auditorium. A 600-seat one was included in a November 2017 referendum, but failed. A 415-seat one was included in a June 2018 referendum, and passed.

District Auditorium

Trask Auditorium at Waterville High School is the district auditorium. It has 698 seats.

AOS Timeline

2009 - AOS forms, Eric Haley is superintendent, Peter Thiboutot is assistant superintendent
2009-2018 - AOS in existence.
2017 - plans start to dissolve AOS 92.
March 13, 2018 - All three communities vote to dissolve AOS 92.
July 1, 2018 - Waterville Public Schools, Winslow Public Schools, & the Vassalboro School Department all replace KVCS.