Welcome to Regional School Unit 13

Welcome to Regional School Unit 13, serving the towns of Cushing, Owls Head, Rockland, South Thomaston, St. George, and Thomaston. RSU 13 is the product of consolidation of the former Maine School Administrative Districts 5 and 50. As Superintendent, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to serve this new district in these exciting times. Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have. Better still, stop by and say hello at our offices at the McLain School, 28 Lincoln Street, Rockland.

   Consolidation causes many changes, some behind the scenes and some very public.  We are embracing these changes, and in the case of our web presence we are completely converting from static pages to a content management system which will allow us to have a much more dynamic web system that provides all our constituents with current information.  This means that every school and every page needs to be completely rebuilt. Please bear with us as we complete this task.

 Infinite Campus Update

Switching to a new student information system is challenging in the best of circumstances. Our switch to Infinite Campus has been especially challenging. Since our two districts used different student data management software, the Department of Education forced us to change to the same system for all of RSU 13.  There were great promises about what Infinite Campus could deliver.  The choice we faced was either to switch to one of the former systems at a cost for the expanded license agreements and training for half of the district, or to switch to Infinite Campus at no cost for the license and cost for training all teachers.  The decision to move to Infinite Campus was based on the assurance of quality of this system, and on cost.
 
Quality has not measured up to the assurances. And we have spent a great deal more on training and overtime to fix the system than we were promised by the Department of Education.  To compound this, service is inferior to what either district experienced last year.This has delayed implementation of features many students and parents have come to rely on.   District staff have worked hard to get issues corrected and important services implemented.
 
We are in the process of opening the parent/student portal for Rockland District Middle School this week. Instructions on how to access this information will be shared soon. Opening the portal for Georges Valley High School and Rockland District High School will follow in the near future. Providing parents and students with timely information on academic progress is very important to us. We will make every effort to get this information to parents and students as quickly as we can.
 
We understand your frustration and appreciate your patience with this transition.

  -Dr. Judith Lucarelli, Superintendent