Dillon Whitney, 10, collected donations at a lemonade stand to give to the American Red Cross.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Don’t tell Waterville Senior High School alumna Mollie Pleau she ‘can’t’
Pleau, a Smith College grad, is heading into the U.S. Air Force’s officer training school with high hopes of becoming an astronaut.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
More programs give special attention to first-generation university students
USM and other schools recognize the newcomers need help navigating campus life and study demands, which are unlike anything the first-in-the-family students have known.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Turnout expected to be heavy for RSU 9 budget vote
A yes vote in favor of a million dollar cut that includes special education will have repercussions for the district and the residents of its towns.
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Racist, homophobic graffiti found in building on Bowdoin campus
The graffiti, which included a swastika, was believed to have been left on a white board between midnight and 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Eight students treated after being stung by insects on trail near South Portland school
Two of the students at Memorial Middle School are transported to Maine Medical Center after being stung by insects nesting in the ground.
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Bowdoin College buys home once marketed as place where ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ was written
The sale of 28 College St. ends a battle with a family who made disputed claims that author Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote parts of her famous novel in the house.
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Voters cut nearly a million dollars from Farmington-based RSU 9 budget
Special education budget takes the biggest hit as voters slice more than a half million dollars from special needs programs.
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Belgrade petition question over school district withdrawal sparks debate
Residents weighed in on the school withdrawal question, which aims to start a lengthy process examining the feasibility of Belgrade leaving Regional School Unit 18.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Police have suspects in gun threat at Jay middle school
Regional School District 73 Superintendent Kenneth Healey says authorities concluded the threat was a hoax.