Spruce Mountain High School students and mentors are part of Blue Crew FIRST Robotics Competition Team 6153 from Mt. Blue Campus in Farmington, and they hope to repeat the success they achieved last year.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school
Hundreds of thousands of students who have dropped off public school rolls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are unaccounted for.
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Richmond must drastically increase short-term school budget and hire administrators as soon as possible, consultant says
“The financial consequences of not being ready are far more serious than the fact you might be short,” consultant Jack Turcott told the committee overseeing the town’s transition out of Regional School Unit 2.
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Hallowell-area fifth grade classes to return to elementary school building in fall
Prompted by parent concerns, the Regional School Unit 2 board of directors unanimously approved the move at a recent meeting. The students had been temporarily placed in Hall-Dale Middle School.
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Maine community colleges stop requiring COVID-19 vaccine
The system president says high vaccination rates in the state and improved outcomes for people who contract COVID-19 played a role in the decision.
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Video: Augusta students sing national anthem at Maine State House
The Cony Concert Choir kicked off the morning session Tuesday of the House of Representatives.
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New program in Augusta allows students to earn wages while they train to become nursing assistants
Officials hope the initiative, a collaboration between the Maine Veterans’ Home and Augusta Adult and Community Education, will help address the state’s shortage of health care workers.
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Pipes burst in Wales, Litchfield schools
Oak Hill High School suffered significant water damage, as did a prekindergarten classroom at Libby Tozier Primary School.
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Amanda Wilcox of Hall-Dale Elementary School named 2023 Maine School Counselor of the Year
Wilcox, 33, accepted the award last Friday and is to be honored this week for her accomplishment.
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Some Florida high school athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles
The proposal, which is to be considered by the state’s athletic association, has ignited a political furor at a time when the overturning of Roe v. Wade has moved women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy to the center of debate.