Cony Middle and High School’s annual event won’t be able to have an audience this year, but community members will be able to watch the show from the comfort of home.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine school leaders urge state to move quickly on COVID-19 guidelines for fall
As parents in some districts clamor for more in-person learning, the state’s superintendents are pressing state agencies to issue COVID-19 guidelines for the fall term as soon as possible.
‘Insane and dangerous’: Inside the Miami school that told teachers not to get vaccinated
Former teachers and current parents told reporters that the vaccine scandal fit into a pattern of behavior by the husband and wife school founders that they described as straight out of a ‘cult.’
Unity College president discusses innovation, leadership in chamber talk
Melik Peter Khoury discusses his experiences, especially during COVID-19 pandemic, with audience at gathering in Waterville.
Maine College of Art to hold in-person graduation May 16
The ceremony will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
From poetry to the pitch, Thomas College’s Caleb Gorey has made the most of school
The Thomas College student recently released his third book, “The Dark Party,” and expects to graduate early.
Early draft of Gardiner-area school budget includes local share increases
While the Maine School Administrative District 11’s overall spending plan for 2021-2022 is still a ‘work in progress,’ its adult education and school nutrition budgets were OK’d by the Finance Committee.
Bates College fires a top campus safety officer for violating use-of-force policies
Lead Campus Safety Officer Dennis Skinner, who was fired for an incident in which he tackled a student, said he didn’t try to restrain that student until he pushed him.
Details of Biden speech emerge, including $200 billion plan for free preschool
The proposal is part of his American Families Plan, which he is to unveil Wednesday night in an address to Congress.
Uncertainty about school budget has Hallowell officials considering spending cuts
With a $227,085 increase to the city’s share of the proposed Regional School Unit 2 budget, Hallowell city councilors might have to revise spending priorities.