Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
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Walmart heirs promote charter schools among black community
Charter schools are often in urban areas with large back populations, intended as alternatives to struggling city schools.
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Ecology School prepares to build new home in Saco, and it’ll be among Maine’s greenest
Plans call for breaking ground in the spring on a dormitory and dining hall due to open in 2020.
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Spruce Mountain principal TJ Plourde no longer employed in district
Superintendent Todd LeRoy says Thomas Plourde was not fired, only moved as part of a process to reduce the administrative team.
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As feds ease school lunch nutritional standards, Maine schools stay the course
Food service directors say students have become accustomed to whole grains and other nutritionally beneficial foods and often prefer them to less healthy alternatives.
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Thomas College marks 125 years looking to boost enrollment, programming
Officials at the Waterville school reflect on recent investments and growth, but say Maine’s demographics remain a challenge.
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Winslow school bus crash causing minor injuries still under investigation
A red plow truck traveling on Cushman Road was struck by the bus Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Carter Memorial Drive, police said.
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Oil odor closes South Portland middle school again Friday
Memorial Middle School students will get an early start to the holiday break because of this week’s boiler breakdown.
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Minor injuries reported after school bus and pickup truck collide in Winslow Thursday
Minor injuries were reported after a bus carrying students from Palermo Consolidated School to a basketball game at Temple Academy in Waterville collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of routes 32 and 137.
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Search for burglary suspect led to lockout at Gray-New Gloucester schools
The man was taken into custody about 3:45 p.m., the sheriff’s department reports.