Superintendent: We will make day-to-day decisions on when to resume in-person learning.
Schools and Education
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
‘My jagged path to cap and gown’: Reflections from a 23-year-old expectant high school graduate
Brianna Robinson of Auburn is just weeks away from receiving her high school diploma through Wayfinder Schools.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Finding their way: Program gives young parents an alternative path to graduation
Wayfinder Schools offers under-credited, over-aged students a second chance to earn their high school diploma.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Central Maine school districts turning to emerging bus scanning technology to address safety, driver shortages
The technology was originally installed during the pandemic to help with contact-tracing, but officials are now looking at the devices as a way of improving efficiency and safety for students.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college’s commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Readfield-area high school to go remote due to staff shortages from uptick in COVID-19 cases
School officials can’t figure out what caused the spike, and so far only Maranacook Community High School has been impacted.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Messalonskee High School principal receives top state award
Paula Callan becomes the first educator to win both the Maine Principal of the Year Award and the Maine Assistant Principal of the Year Award since the founding of the Maine Principals’ Association in 1992.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
How do we explain the war in Ukraine to our kids?
Experts, including in Maine, suggest being straightforward and tailoring the conversation to children based on their ages and sensitivities.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Monmouth students to compete in a world robotics championship in Texas
As two of the 10 teams selected from Maine, local students to compete in Dallas against students from across the United States and other countries.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
As household expenses continue to climb, the lines at the Augusta Food Bank grow longer
Families are struggling to put food on the table and turn to local food banks for help, organizers of the local nonprofit say.