Federal requirements, lack of funding, price caps and more are pushing lunch costs onto local taxpayers, school officials said, forcing them to increase lunch prices by 10 cents.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville council to vote on parking for boutique hotel
The city proposes to lease 30 spaces to Colby College for $28 each per month, and the college would be responsible for all lot maintenance.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Special education, behavioral services drive RSU 18 budget increase
The Oakland-based district’s proposed 3.2 percent budget increase reflects a steadily growing need for such services.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Proposed $59.7M Augusta city, school budget would boost tax rate 5.23 percent
Greater health insurance, retirement and workers’ compensation costs, ‘modest’ growth in employee pay, and less use of school budget ‘surplus’ are driving the increase, the city manager said.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Augusta to seek state school construction funding to replace Hussey Elementary
The 1954 school is the oldest of the city’s four public elementary schools.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Lincoln Academy suspends administrator after arrest on drunken-driving charge
Associate Head of School Andrew Mullin, who will miss 12 days of work and be referred to a counselor, issues a public apology.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Schools and Education
Former Waterville Senior High principal Reiter still subject of NH police probe
The New Ipswich police chief says he expects a decision in the case within three weeks, more than a year after allegations surfaced that Reiter had improper relations with students while an educator there.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Legislative committee endorses Robert Hasson to be education commissioner
Hasson, a former teacher and superintendent, has been acting commissioner since November.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Augusta to consider applying for state funding to replace Hussey Elementary School
The school board plans to vote on the application Thursday.
Posted inCollege Connection
Alternative facts aren’t fake, they’re real
While the term “alternative fact” has quickly become synonymous in political discussion with a lie or falsehood, a wider view of the debate reveals there aren’t always simple answers in serious conversations, James Cook writes.