Two 14-year-olds, a boy and girl, are arrested on terrorizing charges after threatening to bring weapons to school so they can attack students and staff.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
SAD 49 board mulls gifted and talented education proposal
The board of the Fairfield-based school district decided to seek more information on how the district would pay for and implement a gifted and talented program before authorizing the superintendent to apply for state funding.
DeVos to pitch federal tax credit for ‘educational freedom’
The tax credits are meant to advance school choice without directly sending tax dollars to private schools.
Middle school reopens in wake of Saco teacher’s untimely death
Classes had been canceled Tuesday after English teacher Robin Stinson died Monday in a driving accident.
Committee unanimously approves bill forbidding ‘food shaming’ in Maine schools
The measure, which now goes to the full Legislature, prohibits schools from serving a second-tier meal or stigmatizing students who can’t pay for lunch.
Lawmakers reject bill to require Maine schools to teach cursive
The proposal by Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, to require cursive instruction beginning in grade 3 goes down on a 9-0 committee vote.
Saco community mourns death of devoted middle school teacher
Robin Stinson, 47, died Monday after experiencing a medical problem while driving home on the Maine Turnpike.
More than 200 turn out for meeting on racism complaint in Kennebunk schools
The Regional School Unit 21 board votes to take two steps in response to a race-based retaliation complaint filed by a black teacher.
Gorham mourns Wayne ‘Pooch’ Drown, town’s first school resource officer
The Gorham native had worked in various public safety jobs since becoming a volunteer firefighter in 1974.
RSU 21 board to discuss racist incidents in Kennebunk schools
Part of Monday night’s meeting, which originally was scheduled to take place behind closed doors, will be open to the public.