Based on the strong showing of female participants at the recent Maine State Science Fair, high schools are on the right track to foster more women in science, Amber Howard writes.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Department of Education awards grants to 7 school-based projects
The LePage administration’s ‘Embrace’ initiative aims to create efficiencies between neighboring school districts.
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Oakland’s McGee named 2017 Principal of the Year by statewide group
Jennifer McGee, principal of Atwood Primary School in Oakland, said she feels like ‘the luckiest principal in the world.’
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LePage to hold town hall meeting at USM on April 18
The governor is returning to a venue where he had spirited exchanges with audience members over the state’s opioid crisis and his support of proposals to block Muslims from entering the country.
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RSU 18 school district increases lunch prices to combat program deficit
Federal requirements, lack of funding, price caps and more are pushing lunch costs onto local taxpayers, school officials said, forcing them to increase lunch prices by 10 cents.
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Waterville council to vote on parking for boutique hotel
The city proposes to lease 30 spaces to Colby College for $28 each per month, and the college would be responsible for all lot maintenance.
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Special education, behavioral services drive RSU 18 budget increase
The Oakland-based district’s proposed 3.2 percent budget increase reflects a steadily growing need for such services.
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Proposed $59.7M Augusta city, school budget would boost tax rate 5.23 percent
Greater health insurance, retirement and workers’ compensation costs, ‘modest’ growth in employee pay, and less use of school budget ‘surplus’ are driving the increase, the city manager said.
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Augusta to seek state school construction funding to replace Hussey Elementary
The 1954 school is the oldest of the city’s four public elementary schools.
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Lincoln Academy suspends administrator after arrest on drunken-driving charge
Associate Head of School Andrew Mullin, who will miss 12 days of work and be referred to a counselor, issues a public apology.