The proposed budget is about 1.25 percent larger than the current operating budget.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bowdoin, Colby and Bates under federal investigation for possible antitrust violations
The investigation centers around the information competing colleges and universities share with each other about early admissions students.
Gardiner-area school district budget up nearly 3 percent
Assessments to the four communities that make up SAD 11 are expected to decrease.
Farmington-area school leaders review budget that includes alternative for ‘nonregulated’ students
Elementary school principals are proposing alternative schooling for students whose behavior is disruptive.
Good Will-Hinckley puts Rob Moody in line to succeed president
Moody, the current executive director, will replace President Ken Coville when Coville retires in June.
Deering High student won’t be allowed to play varsity baseball, judge rules
Princehoward Yee, who lives in Falmouth, transferred to the Portland school earlier this year.
Maine schools preparing to set policies for suicide prevention
A Lewiston teenager’s death last year led to a law that all districts formalize protocols by the fall, and some already have them.
Cape Elizabeth to examine high turnover of school administrators
Janet Villiotte tells the Town Council her research shows 22 administrators have left the district within the past 6 years.
Winslow councilors disagree sharply on education spending in contentious first vote on budget
Tensions ran high Monday evening as councilors and school board members debated the rise in school spending.
National Science Foundation executive named new president of UMaine
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, a national expert in science, technology and math education, succeeds Susan Hunter as leader of the flagship Orono campus, and UMaine Machias.