Officials hope the initiative, a collaboration between the Maine Veterans’ Home and Augusta Adult and Community Education, will help address the state’s shortage of health care workers.
Schools and Education
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Pipes burst in Wales, Litchfield schools
Oak Hill High School suffered significant water damage, as did a prekindergarten classroom at Libby Tozier Primary School.
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Amanda Wilcox of Hall-Dale Elementary School named 2023 Maine School Counselor of the Year
Wilcox, 33, accepted the award last Friday and is to be honored this week for her accomplishment.
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Some Florida high school athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles
The proposal, which is to be considered by the state’s athletic association, has ignited a political furor at a time when the overturning of Roe v. Wade has moved women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy to the center of debate.
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National group threatens lawsuit against Maine school district over gender policy
The Goldwater Institute says the Damariscotta-area district is guilty of violating parental rights because it did not tell a student’s mother that her child wanted to be identified as a boy instead of a girl.
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As teacher departures rise in Maine, solutions could be a year or more away
Maine lacks teacher vacancy tracking mechanism, making it difficult to see which districts need the most help.
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In gender clash, Maine schools caught between parents, kids
The handling of gender identity at public schools has emerged as a new front in the culture war, pitting children’s privacy against some parents who fear educators are cutting them out of key conversations.
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Two Augusta-area students book spots in the Maine State Spelling Bee after winning county-level competition
Abby Leger of Cony Middle School and Abhinav Reddy of St. Michael School will compete in the statewide tournament for a chance to make it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Six candidates vie for spots on inaugural Richmond school board
The special election will be held on March 7.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes new rules limiting sugar in school meals
The goal is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that serves breakfast to more than 15 million children and lunch to nearly 30 million children.