The proposed $9.6 million school budget is up less than 1 percent from the current budget, but officials plan to use more than $1 million of the district’s reserve account to fund it.
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SAD 6 risked conflict of interest in using own counsel for probe
The school board strayed from the norm by not hiring an outside attorney to determine whether two members and the superintendent had violated the district’s nepotism policy.
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Therapy dogs help with stress during UMA finals week
Four dogs spent an hour receiving affection from more than 20 people in the library as a way to relieve students’ stress related to final examinations.
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SAD 54 budget goes to residents at public hearing Thursday night
The overall budget is reduced thanks to added state funding and emergency legislations because of the drop in taxes from the Sappi paper mill.
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Teachers union, parent call for state action on SAD 6 superintendent
They call on the Department of Education to take action over the school board’s failure to discipline Superintendent Frank Sherburne, whose son was hired in violation of a nepotism policy.
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11 Maine high school students named National Merit Scholars
Each will receive a $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
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Three of four SAD 74 towns approve budget
The $9.9 million budget was approved overall Tuesday, although residents in Embden rejected it after an attempt earlier this year to get the district to change part of its school tax funding formula.
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RSU 9 approves medical marijuana policy
The Regional School Unit 9 board of directors unanimously approved a policy that establishes guidelines for the student use of prescribed medical marijuana on school grounds.
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Nepotism policy was violated, SAD 6 board says, but no action against superintendent
Residents are outraged after a marathon closed-door session on the hiring of Superintendent Frank Sherburne’s son, who was later charged with sexual assault in another district.
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Somerset County sheriff investigates abuse allegations against St. Albans teacher
Parents say a kindergarten teacher at St. Albans Consolidated School physically and verbally abuses children in her classroom.