After a spending plan was rejected by voters, the School Department will present a reduced proposal to the Town Council on Wednesday night.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Winslow School Board votes to send renovation and consolidation project to Town Council
The council will vote on the bonding project before sending it to residents in the November referendum.
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Driver who left 5-year-old aboard Gardiner school bus lost her job
Superintendent Patricia Hopkins said Maine School Administrative District 11 has now added procedures to check school buses at the end of each run to prevent this from happening again.
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New Hampshire prep school investigates sexual conquest game
The allegations follow the arrest of a former student who was convicted in the ‘Senior Salute’ case.
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RSU 9 board of directors sets $33.6 million budget
Board members wrangle over cuts before agreeing to a $344,524 reduction.
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UMA cybersecurity program growing to keep up with industry
Some experts predict there will be 1.5 million job openings in cybersecurity by 2019.
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RSU 9 agrees to dual degree program with Chinese School
In an effort to boost revenue and re-establish its world languages programs, RSU 9 will offer its curriculum and oversight to Beijing #2 Middle School
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Kennebunk teacher accused of sex with student is placed on leave
Jill Lamontagne, a health teacher at the high school, allegedly had sexual contact with a 17-year-old student ‘numerous times.’
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Be more hands-on to make the world a better place
Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine showed us more than a century ago how to help create positive social change through a humanist approach, Rebecca Lux Soc writes.
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Little boat built by students in Kennebunk completes Atlantic crossing
‘The Little Boat That Could’ washes ashore in Scotland after traveling thousands of miles since January.