Gardiner Area High School freshmen help catch and analyze alewives as they try to migrate to their spawning grounds.
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Thomas College will offer coaching degree
The Waterville school is set to roll out the Bachelor of Science in Coaching program in August.
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Why can some Mainers vote absentee on school budgets before they’re finalized?
State statute says those votes must be rejected, but municipalities may interpret that requirement differently.
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Hallowell-based RSU 2 budget easily passes, heads to June vote
About 150 voters gathered in Monmouth Academy’s gymnasium approved every article of this year’s $32.6 million budget.
Posted inCommunity, News, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-area voters give preliminary approval to $53.9M school budget
The budget, which comes with a less than 2% overall local property tax increase, goes to voters for final review in the referendum June 9.
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Farmington Montessori school proposal moves toward opening
Organizers of the proposed Good Shepherd Montessori School are seeking to enroll at least 14 students by July as they work toward a September opening for the Catholic-Montessori program.
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Farmington-area school phone policy seeks bell-to-bell ban
RSU 9 directors reviewed a proposed districtwide ‘no phones in schools’ policy that aligns with new state law requirements.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Maine’s public universities on verge of closing $1.39M deal for first systemwide AI tool
A 2-year contract to use the OpenAI artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT Edu is likely to start July 1.
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8 former Long Creek detainees allege ‘unimaginable abuse’
A 234-page lawsuit, filed Friday, recounts the experiences of former residents who were held at the youth detention center in the 1990s and allege they were physically and sexually abused by staff.
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Skowhegan-area school cost-sharing change would shift taxes among towns
The cost-sharing formula change would factor in each town’s pupil count when determining how some local education costs are split among the towns.