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Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Voters approve $10.1 million budget for MSAD 58
Voters in Phillips were against the budget by a close margin, 68 to 64.
Voters approve $40 million budget for Farmington-based school district
RSU 9’s 2022-23 budget, a $1.13 million increase over the current year, will cost taxpayers across the district’s 10 towns $13.78 million.
Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales voters OK school budget for RSU 4
In total, 57% of voters across the three towns voted in support of the budget.
Water fixtures with high lead count in Spruce Mountain buildings to be fixed this summer
Results of tests taken April 14 found 15 out of 102 fixtures in Regional School Unit 73 buildings with lead levels higher than 4 ppb.
Photos: Mt. Blue High School’s Class of 2022 celebrates graduation
Photos by Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal
Waterville Board of Education votes to hire an assistant superintendent
The board on Monday also took the first of two required votes to approve a proposed $28.6 million school budget for 2022-23.
Recently established foundation names its first recipients of Waterville scholarship
Emma Ackerman, 19, and Phoenix Gatlin, 18, have been selected by the Mary L. George Foundation to each receive $5,000 annually for up to four years.
Racial disparity in Portland schools’ discipline mirrors national patterns
The Portland school district reported last week that Black students are disproportionately punished compared to other groups. The same is true around the country.
Spruce Mountain High School grads told they can do ‘amazing things’
In an outdoor ceremony at Griffin Field, 70 seniors receive diplomas and turn graduation tassels in Livermore Falls.