Terrance Coley Sr. is a fixture at Lawrence High School and beyond, not just for his performances of the national anthem but also for his connection to students and others.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Police: Man arrested for making over 20 ‘swatting’ calls in U.S., Canada
The charges come as computer-generated hoax claims of bombs and shooters pour into schools.
Augusta Board of Education approves $36.6 million budget for 2023-24 school year
Kati McCormick, a member of the Board of Education, left Wednesday night’s meeting instead of voting on the spending plan, saying said she did not have enough time to review the budget that had been sent to the board later than in past years.
RSU 9 hears good news all around
Regional School Unit 9 board of directors heard many different good news stories on Tuesday, March 28, which made for a positive atmosphere in light of recent events.
Legislative committee endorses bill to study later school start times, longer lunch breaks
Committee members voted against proposals to mandate several such changes in school schedules.
Gardiner-area principal to step down, with director of remote learning academy taking reins in July
Lauren Arnold, who is currently director of Western Maine Remote Academy, was hired Tuesday night by the MSAD 11 board of directors to replace Principal Chad Kempton, who held the job for about 20 years.
Maine schools to receive additional state funding after calculation error discovered
Many, but not all, districts around the state will receive more funding. The Portland school district, the state’s largest, will receive $3.6 million more in state funding than initially expected.
Legislators consider bills to tackle educator shortage
The Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee heard testimony Tuesday about multiple bills aimed at bolstering the state’s educator workforce.
Livermore Falls area school director concerned with DOE Commissioner’s comments
Academic learning will take a back seat to other needs, such as social-emotional learning, gender/race, and diversity/equity/inclusion, which must be met before the brain can process new short term memory materials and convert them to long term memory, Makin told Legislators March 15.
Farmington voters elect selectmen, school directors
Stephan Bunker, Dennis O’Neil, Scott Erb and T. Will Jones win town elections.