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Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Program encouraging healthy habits for kids catches on in Franklin County
Let’s Go, a Portland-based organization, is working to reinforce healthy habits among children by providing a support system for smaller health programs around the state.
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Waterville police looking into NH Reiter allegations
Police have received ‘more than one’ communication from former students of the Waterville High School principal, alleging the ‘same type of behavior’ occurred in New Hampshire.
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Waterville students rally in support of Reiter
A small group of students and parents gathered on Friday in front of Waterville Senior High School in a show of support for embattled Principal Don Reiter.
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Bowdoin says new rules, awareness led to increase in rape reports in 2014
School officials say the figures can be misleading because not all of the 17 reported rapes occurred last year.
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Decision on Reiter’s fate to come Monday night
The Waterville school board is deliberating carefully and ‘will not make a rush to judgment’ on the dismissal recommendation for the high school principal, the chairwoman says.
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Skowhegan area students learn about Wabanaki culture
High school students from Skowhegan, Upper Kennebec Valley and Carrabec high schools got to ‘know’ their Indian neighbors Thursday.
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Unity College students to pack meals for world’s hungry
Volunteers asked to join students on Sunday to pack 12,000 meals for distribution to food-insecure countries across the world.
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UMF students collaborate to develop nature-based play area for education program
The plan is an effort to teach early childhood education students how children can develop in a nature-based setting.
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UMA honors veterans at Augusta campus
The university also has received recognition from multiple sources for its service to veterans.