Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said Jan. 14, Maine Education Assessment results for students with disabilities in Wiscasset helped bring the schools up from tier three to tier one in one year.

Tier three involves deficiencies including chronic absenteeism at 10 percent or more, no academic progress or achievement in language arts, and no academic progress or achievement in mathematics. Wood said the students with disabilities made progress, their absentee rates dropped and their improvement accelerated. The rest of the results were going be available to the public Jan. 20.

The department hired a new librarian for both schools. Jill Kehoe has experience with libraries for every age group, Wood said. Wood said she will be posting the elementary principal job within a month.  She has been principal this school year.

Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Chuck Lomonte said there have been more than $5,000 in bids so far for the equipment stored in the classroom designated for middle school technology coursework.

Committee meetings will alternate from being held at the Wiscasset Elementary School cafeteria, as it was on Jan. 14, and the WMHS library. The next one, Feb. 11, will be in the library.