AUGUSTA — As part of an initiative to promote STEM education, scholarships will be available for high school students in an architecture camp at the University of Maine at Augusta.

AUGUSTA — As part of an initiative to promote STEM education, scholarships will be available for high school students in an architecture camp at the University of Maine at Augusta.

AUGUSTA — Three years have passed since the first regional school units formed in response to Maine’s consolidation law.

AUGUSTA — Three years have passed since the first regional school units formed in response to Maine’s consolidation law.

WHITEFIELD — The Regional School Unit 12 school board has hired an interim superintendent to succeed outgoing Superintendent Greg Potter.

AUGUSTA — Even as graduation rates fell at half of Maine’s high schools last year, the state’s overall graduation rate increased, from 82.8 percent to 83.8 percent.

AUGUSTA — Even as graduation rates fell at half of Maine’s high schools last year, the state’s overall graduation rate increased, from 82.8 percent to 83.8 percent.

AUGUSTA — Despite fierce objections from Gov. Paul LePage, the Maine Charter School Commission will not consider two applications to open virtual charter schools this fall.

Despite fierce objections from Gov. Paul LePage, the Maine Charter School Commission will not consider two applications to open virtual charter schools this fall.