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.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools and Education
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.
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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.
Posted inLocal Elections, Local Government, News, Schools and Education
Farmington voters elect selectmen, school directors
Stephan Bunker, Dennis O’Neil, Scott Erb and T. Will Jones win town elections.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Schools and Education
Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar
Over the weekend, both Florence’s mayor and the museum director voiced incredulity over the ruckus.
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Bangor school sues state officials over tuition reimbursement program
Crosspoint Church in Bangor says lawmakers changed the Maine Human Rights Act to circumvent a U.S. Supreme Court decision and prevent religious schools from receiving public money.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville assistant superintendent promoted to lead city schools
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday voted 7-0 to appoint Peter Hallen as the new superintendent.