Plans call for Maine School Administrative District 49 to build school off Neck Road, near Benton Elementary School.
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RSU 9 board considers yet another update to COVID-19 isolation policies
Directors will vote on one of two options at a special meeting Tuesday.
Maine education groups rally against challenges to books
The York School Committee is considering whether to grant an appeal from a local resident who asked to have a sex education book removed.
Teachers asking state lawmakers for climate education training
A bill to establish a $3 million training grant program drew praise from teachers and students, but a tepid response from the Maine Principals’ Association.
SAT going digital in shifting college admissions landscape
Starting in the U.S. in 2024, students will be able to take their own tablets or laptops to monitored testing sites.
Maine school counselor charged with sexually assaulting student
The counselor is charged with 2 counts of gross sexual assault and 1 count of unlawful sexual contact in the Calais district.
Waterville student’s letter prompts COVID-19 safety talks
Waterville Junior High School Principal Don Roux told the Waterville Board of Education on Monday that a letter to the Morning Sentinel editor written by a seventh grader prompted him to launch discussions with the student leadership team.
Part-time Mainer ‘relieved’ that U.S. Supreme Court will hear college admissions cases
The court agrees to hear two lawsuits challenging the role of race in college admissions filed by a group whose leader lives in South Thomaston half of the year.
Graduation rates dip across U.S., including in Maine, as pandemic stalls progress
Some fear that cumulative effects of the pandemic stand to hit future graduating classes the hardest.
Supreme Court to hear challenge to affirmative action in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court added another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 on the agenda.