I would like the teachers to be given more respect as how the teachers are treated directly affects how the students are treated and how the students are educated.
Alejandro Snell
Mt. Blue senior
Regional School Unit 9 board meetings have taken place virtually over Zoom with recent participant numbers exceeding 180 as more staff and parents take a vested interest in the board’s decisions. Andrea Swiedom/Franklin Journal
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue senior Alejandro Snell first joined the Regional School Unit 9 Board of Directors as a student representative last November. He thought it would be a unique way to serve the Mt. Blue community that had been so welcoming since his transfer from middle school in Strong.
“I have a relatively strong connection to the student body. I know a lot of people and a lot of people know me,” Snell said in a phone interview. “So even though I am…
