Andrew Carlton says he doesn’t have the time to give the volunteer job the attention it deserves.

Three students who defended the right not to pledge allegiance in South Portland and four students who hung a ‘Black Lives Matter’ poster in Lewiston High School receive the organization’s Baldwin Award.

Glenn Cummings already has plans to fill a budget gap without academic cuts, recruit and retain students, heal the campus and build partnerships.

Principal Lori Smail resigned from her post at Farrington School, which is now being probed by the state for testing irregularities that she says were unrelated to her departure.

Principal Lori Smail, who has resigned, said the testing error was unintentional, but a Department of Education letter says teachers purposefully hung posters in classrooms that gave students an “unfair advantage.”

After a $9.4 million proposed budget was reduced to $265,000 last week, the board met behind closed doors Tuesday.