Portland, which had anticipated a decrease of $2.5 million in its state allocation, will instead see an increase of almost $3 million.
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Maine charter school for performing arts overhauls model after rocky 1st year
A team evaluating Snow Pond Arts Academy cites concerns about a lack of some administrators, lack of training for some teachers and a $44,000 budget deficit.
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Winthrop voters to consider $10.98 million school spending proposal July 25
School officials have opposed the latest spending plan, which proposes to cut the superintendent’s hours.
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Grant of $10,000 will link students in rural Danforth to virtual reality
An east-central Maine school can use the funds for devices such as a 3D printer and VR headsets.
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Vassalboro teacher brings back astronaut lessons to the classroom
Breanne Desmond, a sixth-grade science teacher, traveled to Alabama this June as part of the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy program.
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Waterville Educare class among Maine programs spared of state funding cuts
The early child care program known as Head Start was facing nearly $2 million in cuts that would have left at least 83 poor children without care in Maine.
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Gorham assistant principal charged with driving drunk
Kimberly Slipp, who has been an assistant principal at Gorham High School for 12 years, was arrested June 22 after a crash on Route 114 in Sebago.
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Atlantic Music Festival to return to Colby for ninth season
The classical music festival, which is free and open to the public, begins Saturday and runs until the end of the month.
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Winthrop council might reconsider $155,000 cut to school budget
At least two council members said Thursday they were confused by last-minute cuts in spending that were not part of the original proposal.
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Attorneys general sue DeVos for delaying rules on for-profit predatory colleges
The rules were to take effect July 1 and, in part, make schools financially responsible for fraud.