Town Issue: Falmouth High School Principle Leaves for Kittery

2008 Principle of the Year Allyn Hutton was recently announced by the Kittery School Committee as the new nomination for the position of Superintendent.
Hutton has been in the education field for 25 years and takes great pride in her work and is excited to take the kittery school district to "the next level."
Having worked for Falmouth High School since 2002 she has ascertained a very close relationship to the student body and was always seen showing school spirit at sporting events and school rallies.
Recently appointed Falmouth Superintendent Barbara Powers praised Hutton stating that Mrs. Hutton is "an outstanding principle." Powers also paid tribute to the "open door policy" Hutton had in place, which could be seen by the steady flow of students entering and exiting her office doors on any given day. "It's going to be a really tough job for us to fill her shoes, but I'm confident that Falmouth as a district will be able to attract outstanding candidates to the high school," Powers said.
Currently Allyn Hutton earns over $95,000 a year in a district that contains 2,100 students in Falmouth. The Kittery School District contains less than half of Falmouth with around 1000 students. Current Superintendent for Kittery Larry Littlefield will retire at the end of this school year in June.
Hutton was in the running for the job along with 20 other candidates, and had to undergo interviews and panels with Kittery Teachers asking questions related to the districts issues. One of them being how the candidates will address a budget of $3.6 million, while Traip Academy has a budget of $3.1 million.
There is no doubt Hutton will be missed as she is a valued and esteemed member of the community. Both Falmouth and Mrs. Hutton have gained a great deal from each other. For the town its educational department has been under great leadership and guidance for the past 8 years. For Allyn Hutton, she now has award winning experience in a revered town, she also plans on drawing from this experience to further enhance the progression of the kittery School District.

Profile: Garrewt Chapman

Garrett Chapman is a freshman at the University of Maine Orono and is currently working on getting his business degree. Garrett is an avid surfer, one of many in his family, and also participates in the rarer form of the sport: winter surfing. When asked about surfing in below freezing temperatures he had this to say,"It takes a lot of passion and dedication to surf when you can feel frost building up on your eyelids, but I love it and wont stop." Having learned to surf from his father Gary Chapman, a former professional who was sponsored by Oakley, at the young age of 8 has formed a close bond between father and son. As a Native American Garrett has a great sense of pride for his heritage and is taking the Native American studies course offered by the University. As a business major Garrett has plans to one day own a car customization garage in Hawaii, "My goal is to customize cars, installing audio components, and minor mechanical modifications as well. I would sit down with customers and discuss what they would like done to their car and together we will brainstorm to come up with something creative and unique." Since owning his first car at 16, Garrett's hobby of working on his Civic turned into a passion as his friends would pay him to install sound systems and work on their vehicles. Garrett also has a strong passion for animals, claiming he even thought about becoming a veterinarian. "When I was younger I had a golden retriever and was very close to him; however, he developed cancer and we had to put him down. It was a very rough experience for me, and I would love to be able to help animals."