The SAD 49 school board will discuss contracting with the town to continue plowing snow at the Lawrence High School complex.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
AOS 92 board sends plan to dissolve school district to state commissioner
If the plan is approved, the final decision will go before voters in the district’s municipalities — Waterville, Winslow and Vassalboro — in the spring.
Baxter Academy set to open new Portland building
The location at 185 Lancaster St. has been specially outfitted for STEM learning.
Scarborough High wrestler with one leg finds home after years of hardship
Sam Leishman’s limb was amputated when he was a baby in Ethiopia and he spent years in foster care in Colorado.
New, $60 million Mt. Ararat High School gets Topsham board approval
The new school, to be completed in 2020, will be built on the existing school’s athletic fields.
Air quality better after outcry about aging Manchester Elementary
RSU 38 has spent over $100,000 to improve air and cleanliness at the 65-year-old school, which came under fire earlier this year from parents complaining about dirty classrooms and sick children.
Colby College expands financial aid initiative
Students coming from households who earn less than $60,000 a year will have a parent contribution of $0, the college said Friday.
Maranacook area superintendent reflects on tenure at RSU 38
Donna Wolfrom, who is leaving at the end of the school year, came to RSU 38 in 2012 and will begin leading Cape Elizabeth schools in July.
New Cape Elizabeth school chief gets 3-year, $135,000 contract
Donna H. Wolfrom will finish the school year as superintendent of the Maranacook Area Schools before starting the new position.
Winslow panel begins deliberations on new approach to school consolidation
With about 20 residents in attendance, committee members talked about two merger options that were not addressed by a recent failed bond question.