The district suspended Aela Mansmann for 3 days last year after she posted notes in a school bathroom about a rapist in the high school, an act she and her mother argue constitutes protected speech.
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Bingham area school district to receive new bus with help of grant, state aid
The 2021 diesel school bus from the Blue Bird Corporation will be financed through a grant from the Department of Transportation and aid from the Department of Education.
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UMaine System budget, with tuition increase, advances to full board
The proposed $559.5 million system budget includes an average tuition increase of 2.5% for in-state undergraduates.
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Skowhegan-area school district holds final hearing on $36.6 million budget
The proposed budget for 2020-21 is $101,000 less than the current spending plan and heads to a referendum vote on July 14.
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Unity College reducing tuition for distance education graduate programs
Melik Peter Khoury, the college’s president, said the tuition reduction helps Unity meet its mission to make education more accessible.
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Maine Catholic schools to reopen classrooms this fall
Students in eight schools from Biddeford to Bangor will receive in-classroom instruction, although online options are available if requested.
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Most Bowdoin students will stay off campus this fall, taking classes online
College President Clayton Rose says it made the most sense to dedicate resources to a single mode of learning rather than attempt a hybrid of online and in-person teaching.
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UMaine System trustees to consider tuition increase in new $559 million budget
The budget calls for an average tuition increase of 2.5 percent for in-state undergraduates as trustees try to navigate uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville’s Thomas College takes steps to address racism with task force
President Laurie Lachance said the group will focus on equity, diversity and social justice headed by two professors.
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Waterville Board of Education to interview three candidates
The candidate appointed to a seat vacated recently by Julian Payne of Ward 5 could run again in November to serve the remainder of Payne’s unexpired term of two years, which ends in 2022.