RSU 18 is working with the state to install a filtration system for the well that was dug over the summer for China Middle School, which contended last year with unacceptably high levels of PFAS and then more recently when the chemical antimony was detected.
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RSU 73 director urges drivers to slow down, pay attention to flashing bus lights
If bus drivers aren’t supported, the entire district is being put at risk, Director Phoebe Pike said.
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Bullet found in Mt. Blue High School bathroom no threat to students, staff
A student found a bullet in a bathroom before the start of school Thursday and reported it to the school’s resource officer.
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Biden responds to Livermore Falls student’s letter about climate change
“Always remember — when you make your voice heard, adults listen,” the president wrote to Cooper Stevenson, now 9.
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School districts grapple with vaping in high schools
Some are considering installing vape detectors in restrooms, but there is no easy solution for what some educators consider a public health crisis.
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Heat-related school closures prompt Winthrop family to donate 14 air conditioners
The donation provides each classroom at Winthrop Grade School with an air conditioner.
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UMaine System hopes to invest $1.2 billion in 400 projects over the next 5 years
Saying an investment in the schools’ infrastructure is overdue, leaders of the system and the individual universities laid out capital plans for the next 5 years at a board of trustees meeting Monday.
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UNE president says school’s Morocco campus not impacted by deadly earthquake
James Herbert said he was devastated to learn about Friday night’s earthquake but grateful that the Tangier campus was not affected.
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Bates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.
A New York Times analysis of 286 elite colleges and universities found that the Lewiston school has one of the lowest percentages of the low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants. Bowdoin and Colby colleges also have below-average economic diversity, according to the research.
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RSU 2 votes to move school board meetings to Hallowell
Regular business meetings will no longer rotate among the four municipalities served by the district. Special meetings will be scheduled in each community to gather input from residents.