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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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RSU 9 board votes to use added state funds for property tax relief, district debt reduction
The district is expecting an additional $729,954 in state subsidies, and will present its revised $33,904,537 budget to voters at its July 25 annual budget meeting.
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Waterville school board to weigh more budget cuts despite additional state aid
The most recent proposed budget for 2017-2018 represents a 2 percent increase over last year’s despite cuts of more than $770,000 from the original total.
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Belgrade schedules Sept. 5 public hearing on petition to withdraw from RSU 18
Voters will decide in November whether they want to move forward and spend $15,000 to support withdrawal costs.
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Augusta, Gardiner schools get grant money to aid breakfast program
The $4,000 given to two central Maine schools will help provide children the opportunity to eat the kind of nutritious breakfast research shows helps students throughout the day.
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Winthrop residents head to the polls Tuesday for second school budget vote
The latest proposal comes after several contentious weeks, in which members of the Town Council have pushed for a series of administrative cuts to the School Department.
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Augusta councilors allocate $398,067 in supplemental state education funding to schools
The city’s school board has not decided yet how the money will be spent.
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Snow Pond Center for the Arts looks to expand concert venue, children’s programs
The nonprofit in Sidney has applied for a USDA Rural Development loan to upgrade its amphitheater and build a classroom building.
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Measure calling for Maine to pay down student debt stalls in Legislature
The bill, aimed at adding younger people to Maine’s workforce by paying down school loans, is backed by Gov. LePage but needs more legislative support and is set aside.
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Extra state funding may not be enough to prevent Augusta elementary school moves
Some parents at a meeting Wednesday objected to the planned transfer of students from Farrington Elementary to other schools.