The final vote on the budget, which is $50,686 higher than last year’s spending plan, will be held on June 8.
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Bowdoin College preps for weekend in-person graduation with pandemic precautions
The college had long planned to conduct an in-person ceremony, with certain limitations in place.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Dresden officials sending out flyer urging opposition to proposed RSU 2 budget
The flyer, which has already been posted on the town’s website and social media, is expected to go out in the next week. It has generated a variety of responses on social media.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
The show goes on at Readfield-area high school
Production was written, directed and acted by Maranacook Community High School students.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Maine school boards and superintendents oppose bill to create binding arbitration
The proposed legislation would allow public employees to strike if their employer failed to carry out the arbitrator’s determinations.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill would ban distribution of remote classes recorded in Maine schools
While the bill’s sponsor says it aims to prevent snippets of a class from being taken out of context or used in a way to harm teachers, opponents say it stands in the way of transparency.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
The governor says students should learn about the ‘exceptionalism of our nation’ and not issues that ‘inherently divide.’
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Greely High School again named top school in Maine in U.S. News rankings
Kennebunk, Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth high schools, along with Baxter Academy in Portland, were also in the top five.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Bates College to hold commencement Thursday — twice!
To limit exposure to COVID-19, seniors at the Lewiston college are graduating in two groups this year — half in the morning, half in the afternoon.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
A little rain couldn’t dampen excitement of in-person graduation at Colby College
After canceling its in-person commencement last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterville college holds full ceremony Sunday morning for class of 2021.