Kennebec Intra-District Schools

Kennebec Intra-District Schools
Address
7 Reed Street
Hallowell
, Maine, 4347
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12
SuperintendentRick Amero
NCES District ID2314776
Students and staff
Students1,883
Teachers179.97
Staff217.3
Student–teacher ratio10.46
Other information
Websitewww.kidsrsu.org

Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KIDS) a.k.a. Regional School Unit 2 (RSU 2) is a school district headquartered in Hallowell, Maine. In addition to Hallowell it serves Dresden, Farmingdale and Monmouth.

History

Superintendents:

District boundary

Part of the district is in Kennebec County, where it includes the city of Hallowell and the towns of Farmingdale and Monmouth. Farmingdale town includes the Farmingdale census-designated place.

Another part of the district is in Lincoln County, where it includes the town of Dresden.

Another part is in Sagadahoc County, where it includes Richmond town. Richmond CDP is within Richmond town.

Curriculum

Circa 1993 the district (then MSAD 16, which included only Hallowell and Farmingdale) received a grant to teach languages that are different from indo-European languages that were key to foreign relations and trade and selected Japanese after considering Maine's foreign trade and conducting a survey of area businesses. Its first Japanese teacher, Naoto Kobayashi, had a wife who vacationed in Maine. The program was for grades 3-7 initially but extended up to grade 12.

Schools

High schools:

K-8:

Middle and schools:

Elementary schools:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for RSU 02". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "About RSU2 and Our Mission". Kennebec Intra-District Schools. Retrieved June 1, 2021. RSU #2 - Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KidsRSU) 7 Reed Street Hallowell, ME 04347-3047
  3. ↑ Geography Division (January 14, 2021). 2020 census - school district reference map: Kennebec County, ME (PDF) (Map). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2026. - Text list
  4. ↑ Geography Division (January 14, 2021). 2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Lincoln County, ME (PDF) (Map). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2025. - Text list
  5. ↑ Geography Division (January 14, 2021). 2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Sagadahoc County, ME (PDF) (Map). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2026. - Text list
  6. ↑ Gold, Donna (July 1, 2001). "'Onegaishimasu'". Boston Globe. pp. B9, b11. - Clipping of first (B9) page and second (B11) page from Newspapers.com.