Kennebec Intra-District Schools

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. (Richmond was formally a member, but voted in November, 2022 to leave the district effective July, 2023)

History
Superintendents:


 * 2007-2011: Donald Siviski
 * 2011-2015: Virgel Hammonds
 * 2015-2019: Bill Zima
 * August, 2019-April 2020: Cheri Towle
 * April 2020-August 2020: Mary Paine (interim)
 * August 2020-February, 2022: Tonya Arnold
 * February, 2022-October, 2022: Matt Gilbert
 * October, 2022–present: Rick Amero

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
Middle and high schools:
 * Hall-Dale Middle & High School

High schools:
 * Monmouth Academy

K-8:
 * Monmouth Memorial School

Elementary schools:
 * Dresden Elementary School
 * Hall-Dale Elementary School
 * Marcia Buker Elementary School (Richmond)