At a public hearing Monday, Albion residents expressed support for a plan to begin the process of withdrawing from the MSAD 49 school district, a process that can be started if residents approve a question at a special town meeting next month.
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Parent tells Waterville school board that Black daughter mistreated by teachers at high school
Karlene Burrell-McRae, who’s an administrator at Colby College, urged the schools and Board of Education on Monday to “do better.”
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Waterville board votes to hire principal, assistant principals for elementary schools, high school
The Waterville Board of Education approved the appointments for the Albert S. Hall School, the George J. Mitchell School and Waterville Senior High School after a 50-minute executive session Monday night.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Faculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell concerns; some call for system chancellor to resign
UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
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Newly named UMA president agrees to deal to withdraw from position
Michael R. Laliberte, whose hiring was criticized after votes of no confidence at his former university came to light, to be paid salary of $205,000 in what would have been his first year.
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Colby College graduates hailed for resilience, perseverance
College presents diplomas to about 540 new graduates from 36 states and 23 countries.
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Furor followed Malloy from Connecticut to Maine
Malloy was once the least popular governor in the country and some in Connecticut are still upset about his reforms of that state’s higher education system.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
UMaine System faculty lose faith in chancellor as his contract comes up for renewal
‘He doesn’t understand or want to understand the issues the faculty are raising,’ said a professor from the Augusta campus, the first school to declare no confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy.
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The effects of faculty cuts ripple across UMF campus and into homes
After building roots in Farmington, will the professors eliminated from UMF’s humanities and social sciences programs leave the community they have come to love?
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
‘Where will you go from here?’ Kennebec Valley Community College graduates 375 students
Commencement speaker Kristina Cannon reminded graduates of the importance of the role they have in their rural Maine towns.