Chancellor James Page says the system will request more state funding to weather budget gaps.
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Portland School Board adopts diploma standards, with changes
High schools will require students to have a post-graduation plan, but a pro-college emphasis has been dropped and more options added.
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USM students, faculty protest cuts
The group announces it is raising money for an independent audit of USM and UMaine System finances.
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New push to get girls into computer sciences
Less than 1 percent of high school girls think of computer science as part of their future, even though it’s one of the fastest-growing fields in the U.S.
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Cornville principal moved by retirement observance
The same flag William Crumley raised a couple of years ago when the Cornville Regional Charter School opened was given to him Wednesday as he retired.
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Jackman school gets $97,500 grant
Forest Hills Consolidated School is one of 19 recipients in the state of a federal grant that pays for after school and summer activities.
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RSU 12 to take up Palermo withdrawal deal, busing to Cony
The school board will also consider Head Start programs in Chelsea and Somerville at their meeting Thursday.
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UMaine names Susan Hunter as interim president
Currently vice chancellor for academic affairs, she is the first woman to head the flagship school at Orono.
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Mallett School librarian instilled love of reading
Administrators, teachers and parents joined current and former Farmington students to thank retiring Betsy Turcotte.
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Augusta schools to offer birth control prescriptions, pregnancy tests
The school board votes 7-1 to make services available to Cony junior high and high school students through the student health center.