Regional School Unit 73 board cited disobedient and disorderly conduct as reasons for barring them from classes.
Schools and Education
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Farmington-based school district amends strategic-plan timeline
Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Chris Elkington told the board of directors the new plan will hopefully ease stress and foster involvement from staff, students, families and the local community.
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91% of Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales voters say ‘no’ to proposed RSU 4 middle school addition
District’s plan to build an addition at Oak Hill Middle School rejected by residents, 2,209 to 219.
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‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college
After the disruption of online learning, first-year college students are arriving on U.S. campuses unprepared for the demands of college-level work, experts say.
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CMCC includes welding in free training program
Funding is from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan.
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Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges join effort to uphold affirmative action
Bates, Bowdoin and Colby are among 32 liberal arts colleges urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold previous rulings which allow admission officers to consider race as a factor.
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Making room to grow, Thomas College nears completion of new athletic center
The 18,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in the fall, is being built alongside the college’s two turf fields, with a design “that totally stands on its own within the state,” athletic director Christopher Parsons says.
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Winthrop Public Schools selects new leaders for middle, high schools as administrative shuffle ripples through region
Schools across central Maine are seeing shifts in leadership ahead of the new school year, which begins in a few weeks.
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Back-to-school shopping: Families reach for cheaper options
A basket of roughly a dozen supply items showed a price increase of nearly 15% on average for this back-to-school season compared with a year ago as inflation squeezes all areas.
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Fate of RSU 4’s plan for a new building rests with voters
Polls open all day Aug. 9 as residents decide whether to build a costly addition at Oak Hill Middle School.