The budget represents a 4.16 percent increase from last year’s, driven in part by needs for special education.
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District issues ‘do not drink water’ order at West Gardiner school
High arsenic levels prompted SAD 11 to provide water for drinking and cooking until the problem is solved.
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SAD 49 school board presenting budget draft with 1.5 percent hike
The $26.2 million budget for schools in Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield would call for an overall increase of less than $400,000.
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Interim University of Maine at Augusta president expected by June 1
With the resignation of James Conneely, the university system once again faces a leadership void at the school, which serves a lot of nontraditional students.
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Revenue loss, increased expenditures driving proposed $21.8 million Waterville school budget
About 100 people packed the City Council chamber Tuesday to hear the superintendent defend the fiscal plan.
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Bill to allow more than 10 charter schools in Maine falls short in committee
But lawmakers on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee offer a compromise that could be considered in the House or Senate.
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Final Colby Symphony Orchestra season concert dedicated to late Waterville conductor, composer
Peter Ré’s ‘Celebratory Overture’ and Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ to be featured in these weekend concerts.
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Entrepreneurship focus of speaker series
Thomas College is looking to make local business leaders available to the public to help inspire future economic development.
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Innocence or ignorance doesn’t excuse cultural appropriation
A recent controversy over a problematic Pepsi commercial shows that we need to engage in meaningful, sometimes necessarily uncomfortable, conversations on racial power, privilege, and appropriation, Elizabeth Powers writes.
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Maine School of Science and Mathematics ranked nation’s 19th-best high school
U.S. News & World Report also ranks the Limestone school 10th-best for STEM education.