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$18.2M RSU 24 budget drafted SULLIVAN — The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Budget and Finance Committee unanimously approved April 7 presenting its recommended budget for the 2021-22 year to the district’s board of directors at the board’s May 4 meeting.  The budget, totaling $18,245,701, represents an increase of 5 percent from the current budget. The bulk of the increase is due to the debt service from the construction of the new Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus, the grades-6-through-12 school currently being built behind Sumner Memorial High School. Without the debt service, whic...

RSU 24 Board approves 2 percent salary increase for superintendent SULLIVAN — The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting Monday to raise Superintendent Michael Eastman’s salary by 2 percent for the 2021-22 school year following discussion in executive session.  According to the district’s 2020-21 adopted budget, Eastman’s current salary is $114,330. In other financial news, School Board member Keith Goldfarb gave an update on the district’s Finance and Budget Committee, where he noted that four out of the district’s five schoo...

Today, on International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the launch of a brand-new online training module, Gender Equality and Migration, developed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN Women. This module helps learners understand how gender shapes every stage of the migrant journey, and why gender equality matters in migration.

English News and Press Release on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 08 Mar 2021 by IOM and UN Women

British Columbia's COVID-19 numbers have once again risen. In a written statement this afternoon (March 3), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said 542 cases of the virus were detected during the past 24 hours, bringing the grand total to 75,819.  Of the new cases, Northern Health recorded 44, bringing the authority total to 4,686 since the virus hit the region on March 14, 2020. Officials announced seven more deaths linked to the virus today, bringing the province's toll to 1,372. There are 4,654 active cases throughout B.C. with 246 people current...