Gabrielle Cooper won the state Poetry Out Loud competition and went to last week’s nationals in Washington, D.C., where she advanced to the third semifinal round.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Renovation continues for charter high school due to open in August in downtown Skowhegan
Cornville Regional Charter School is expanding to include grade 9 in the new high school and a pre-kindergarten on South Factory Street
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Hyde School plans to expand in Bath, grow enrollment
The move follows the $14.25 million sale of a Hyde-operated school in Connecticut.
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Chocolate milk, white bread could make school lunch comeback
A government spending bill aims to relax Obama-era nutrition standards for school lunches.
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Bill to force public colleges to allow guns on campus draws opposition at hearing
Opponents say the plan is dangerous and would discourage free debate in classrooms, but supporters say campuses that ban guns are ripe targets for mass shooters.
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Brunswick case highlights national problem of school sexual assaults
The alleged victim, who turns 18 in a few weeks, and his parents decide to speak publicly in hopes of helping others.
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Home-schooled kids from Somerset, Kennebec counties headed to Destination Imagination finals
Middle-school students in Somerset Homeschool Co-op comprise team Infinite Velocity that will compete in Knoxville, Tennessee, May 24-27.
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Previous budget fights loom large as RSU 9 board of directors seek to finalize 2017-2018 budget
As RSU 9 schools struggle with effects of poverty, administrators and local agencies look to use the district as a tool to create new economic opportunities in Franklin County.
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Madison schools trying to hold line on spending despite loss of paper mill taxes
Salaries for new principals at high school and junior high school were on the table Tuesday at an informational meeting.
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Sen. Collins increases pressure on U.S. Education Department over application rejections
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is among dozens of schools whose applications for Upward Bound funding were rejected over formatting problems.