Maine School Administrative District 11 class could help raise money for the adult education program and fill area’s need for more driver training.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Biden administration extends student loan moratorium to May
Interest rates will remain at zero percent and debt collection efforts will be suspended.
Parents, schools face another reckoning over COVID-19 cases
The CDC says schools are safe when protocols are followed, but anxiety remains high.
Fewer students in class Friday after TikTok violence scare
No credible threats were found to area schools.
Augusta Public Schools close for brief ‘lock-in’ after receiving social media threat unrelated to TikTok trend
Superintendent James Anastasio said the ‘lock-in’ only lasted half an hour Friday and police were investigating.
Wave of TikTok threats puts Maine schools on high alert
Schools throughout Maine are expected to be on high alert Friday following threats warning of violence.
Schools nationwide step up security in response to threats on TikTok
In a statement on Twitter, TikTok said it was working with law enforcement to investigate.
LeVar Burton will host Scripps National Spelling Bee
Th longtime host of the children’s educational program ‘Reading Rainbow’ comes from a family of educators.
Bates College now requires booster shots for students in a bid to keep college safer from COVID-19
Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.
Richmond committee restarts, eyes November vote on withdrawal from school district
Committee to try again on withdrawal from Regional School Unit 2 and hopes to have question on next November’s ballot.