Regional School Unit 2 will seek bids for the project soon now that the state Board of Education approved it last week.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Feature obituary: Edward Kaelber, 94, founding president of College of the Atlantic
He lived in Bar Harbor for more than four decades.
Kennebec Valley Community College graduation a family affair
The Fairfield college’s 48th commencement was held Saturday in Augusta.
Portland school board approves budget cuts recommended by superintendent
The $1.2 million in reductions brings the school budget to $110.6 million for the year that starts July 1.
Error delays residents’ initial vote on RSU 18 budget
Oakland, Belgrade, China, Sidney and Rome voters will have to wait to take the first pass at the $37.58 million spending package, but still before a June referendum.
$17.9 million Maranacook schools budget OK’d at districtwide meeting
A validation vote is scheduled for June 12 in all four towns in RSU 38.
Litchfield officials raise alarm over RSU 4 budget ahead of vote
Residents from the Regional School Unit 4 towns of Sabattus, Wales and Litchfield have given preliminary approval to the spending plan even as others signal discontent.
Bates College offers first glimpse of its vision for new science center
The building, a 3-three-story modern design that the school is calling ‘the beacon,’ will house biology, chemistry and neuroscience programs when it opens in 2021.
Teacher protests spread to North Carolina
Thousands of teachers filled the main street of North Carolina’s capital Wednesday demanding better pay.
Waterville city councilor Lessing to take job at University of Iowa in July
Councilor Lauren Lessing, who is an employee at Colby College, is leaving to become the next director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.