Public school officials propose $5,119 decrease to current spending for 2021-22.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area school district joins lawsuit against e-cigarette companies
Superintendent Pat Hopkins suggested the idea to the Maine School Administrative District 11 school board, which unanimously agreed the district should join the action.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Unity-based Regional School Unit 3 announces end of face-covering requirement
The new rule begins July 6, following the lifting of the state’s coronavirus pandemic state of emergency at the end of June.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Thorndike man named principal at Waterville Junior High School
Don Roux, 49, has worked in education for 27 years, having served as a middle school principal in Winterport for the past four years.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Madison district exploring ways to address spacing concerns at schools
During a tense school board meeting Monday night, community and school board members shared differing opinions on whether to shift grades around to address building space needs.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area teacher Raye Anne DeSoto named Kennebec County Teacher of the Year
DeSoto was nominated by a parent for her willingness to “go above and beyond” with every single one of her students.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Committee advances plan to keep in-state UMaine System tuition flat
The full board of trustees will meet next week to consider the proposal, which comes after the governor proposed a supplemental budget that would increase state funding for higher education.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine schools plan robust summer programming to counter COVID-19 impacts
Districts intend to enroll more students in a broader variety of programs this year to help them catch up and give them a boost for the fall.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Spruce Mountain graduates told to rely on ‘perseverance, determination’ in years ahead
57 seniors from Spruce Mountain High School graduated Sunday afternoon at Griffin Field in Livermore Falls.
Posted inSchools and Education
Mt. Blue’s 142 graduates told to ‘make your bed’ and ‘believe in yourself’
Unlike the 2020 graduation, at which graduates sat inside their cars and received their diplomas at a “drive-up ceremony,” the Class of 2021 sat together on Caldwell Field, with an audience filled with family members, teachers and administrators.