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Kari Babcock, who has 18 years of service with Regional School Unit 1 schools, is the new principal at Fisher-Mitchell School.
The RSU 1 Board of Directors approved the nomination Monday night.
Babcock, currently the principal at Phippsburg Elementary School, succeeds Nancy Harriman.
Babcock, who lives in Boothbay, taught at Woolwich Central School for 14 years.
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Phippsburg takes in students from kindergarten through fifth grade, while Fisher-Mitchell is grades 3-5.
“Those are the grades I taught in Woolwhich — 3-to-5 — so that’s more what I’m accustomed to,” she said. “But I’m really going to miss Phippsburg.”
Phippsburg has less than 100 students, while Fisher- Mitchell has around 240 students.
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