The proposed budget for Regional School Unit 18, which enrolls about 2,500 students at eight schools in Belgrade, China, Oakland, Rome and Sidney, represents a 1.7% increase to current spending.
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Bates sets new high for students in COVID-19 isolation
Bates College has seen the number of students requiring isolation housing rise from one a week ago to 16 now.
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Unity College to launch environmental education program at Pineland Farms
The announcement comes about 8 months after the college transitioned to a permanent hybrid model and said it would be looking to provide education in settings outside the main fixed campus.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Group of parents calling for in-person school instruction rally outside legislative session in Augusta
BackTo5, a group looking to get children back into the classroom five days a week, hosted a rally outside the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday afternoon, drawing about 100 attendees.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Vassalboro Community School transitioning to classroom learning 5 days per week
Beginning April 8, the Vassalboro Community School’s 395 students will return to in-person learning five days per week. Students learning fully remotely may continue to do so.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Maine colleges will encourage, not require, students to get vaccinated
Several campuses say they are strongly encouraging their students and staff to get vaccinations but won’t require them as long as the vaccines are authorized only for emergency use by the FDA.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Locally sourced ingredients focus of new lunch menu at Chelsea-area elementary school
Nutritional Director Michael Flynn said Regional School Unit 12 is looking to add new items to the menu so students can “make connections to where their food is coming from.”
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-based school district moving closer to site selection for new school construction
Though not set in stone, the district is leaning toward the property where the Margaret Chase Smith School currently stands.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville school panel to review hiring policy in wake of administrative transfer debate
The Waterville Board of Education’s policy committee will meet Thursday to discuss the schools’ administrative hiring policy, after some members objected to Superintendent Eric Haley’s making transfers without receiving approval.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Colby College receives $1.5 million donation for arts, athletics facilities
The donation by Kate Lucier O’Neil, a 1985 Colby graduate, and her husband, Ford E. O’Neil, will help fund the college’s Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center and the forthcoming Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.