The South Portland superintendent assures parents and teachers that ‘any students who are possibly involved’ won’t return to school until it’s deemed safe.
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Longtime Yarmouth middle school principal Bruce Brann dies
Brann was the first principal at Frank H. Harrison Middle School, serving from 1992 until he retired in 2016.
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Three bills aim to increase Maine teachers’ starting pay from current $30,000
The base salary would be increased to at least $40,000 under any of the proposals, which would require the state to make up the difference if districts didn’t pay the minimum.
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Bonny Eagle High School student charged with threatening student, school resource officer
The threat on Snapchat, where the student allegedly appeared with a firearm, follows a similar incident in SAD 6 that saw two middle school students charged last week.
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Majoring in marijuana: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum
A growing number of colleges prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.
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Winslow to add the ‘beauty and joy’ of AP Computer Science course
The class, to debut in the fall, will teach students both programming skills and the “social implications of computers.”
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Bingham, Moscow to vote on closing Quimby Middle School
The vote is the latest effort to close the school, which officials have debated keeping open since 2009 in light of declining enrollment.
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Maine education department urges schools to ‘refrain’ from using Native American mascots
The notice by the Maine Department of Education comes a week before the school board for Skowhegan-based SAD 54 is set to deliberate further over their schools’ “Indians” nickname.
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Committee endorses bill to shift Maine teacher retirement costs back to state
The state used to pay 100%, but former Gov. Paul LePage shifted half of the costs to municipalities
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Two students accused of threatening attack at Bonny Eagle Middle School
Two 14-year-olds, a boy and girl, are arrested on terrorizing charges after threatening to bring weapons to school so they can attack students and staff.