Superintendent Xavier Botana attributes the enrollment shift to ‘a number of high-profile incidents.’
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Maine Academy of Natural Sciences graduates largest class to date
The graduating class of Maine’s first charter school numbered 35 at the school’s eighth commencement.
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MeANS program for challenged students graduates seven
The Threshold program at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences focuses on students whose lives make it difficult to attend school regularly.
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Augusta’s Capital Area Technical Center offering firefighter training for high schoolers
Students who complete the program will be able to volunteer with local departments, at a time when ranks are dwindling and the average age of firefighters is climbing.
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Fairfield-area school board hears concerns from resident and board member at meeting
The $214,616 increase included in the latest rejected budget was of deep concern to residents, some of whom suggested SAD 49’s School Board begin prioritizing education over extracurricular activities to cut costs.
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Reasons why Fairfield-area school budget failed to pass for a second time unclear to officials
Though school officials are unsure of the second budget failure, former school board member Shelley Rudnicki says it has to do with the $200,000 increase from the original budget.
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Credit sought for Maine students who study abroad
Maine has no uniform system to award school credits to students who study overseas. A Maranacook student fresh off a year of studying in Germany, and her teacher, want to change that.
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Monmouth Memorial School to open for the 2020-2021 school year
New Monmouth elementary, middle school will be energy efficient, support RSU 2 learning goals.
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Fairfield-based school district’s residents reject reduced budget
This is the second School Administrative District 49 budget proposal to be thwarted, the first having failed in a June 11 referendum.
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New UMaine System chancellor visits Augusta’s UMA campus
Prior to taking on the Maine university system’s top post, Dannel Malloy was Connecticut’s governor from 2011 to 2018.