The expanded program is expected to cost $3 million and offer full-day classes to about 260 children, which is about half of the 4-year-olds in the city.
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South Portland 8th-grader charged with threatening school and students
While there is no indication that Mahoney Middle School or its students were ever in imminent danger, the threats prompted a few students to stay home from school, police said.
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Bingham, Moscow residents vote to close only middle school in SAD 13
Officials in Bingham-based School Administrative District 13 put the proposal to close Quimby Middle School before voters as a way of addressing declining enrollment and to save money.
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Mahoney Middle School student investigated over alleged threats
The South Portland superintendent assures parents and teachers that ‘any students who are possibly involved’ won’t return to school until it’s deemed safe.
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Longtime Yarmouth middle school principal Bruce Brann dies
Brann was the first principal at Frank H. Harrison Middle School, serving from 1992 until he retired in 2016.
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Three bills aim to increase Maine teachers’ starting pay from current $30,000
The base salary would be increased to at least $40,000 under any of the proposals, which would require the state to make up the difference if districts didn’t pay the minimum.
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Bonny Eagle High School student charged with threatening student, school resource officer
The threat on Snapchat, where the student allegedly appeared with a firearm, follows a similar incident in SAD 6 that saw two middle school students charged last week.
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Majoring in marijuana: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum
A growing number of colleges prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.
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Winslow to add the ‘beauty and joy’ of AP Computer Science course
The class, to debut in the fall, will teach students both programming skills and the “social implications of computers.”
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Bingham, Moscow to vote on closing Quimby Middle School
The vote is the latest effort to close the school, which officials have debated keeping open since 2009 in light of declining enrollment.