The robot nicknamed ‘Double’ lets 13-year-old Abby Fisher go back to school from her kitchen table.
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More graduates push pause, see benefits of pre-college ‘gap year’
Some sign up for programs and others design their own to travel, focus their studies and grow personally, and schools encourage the time off.
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Foods, stories from different cultures abound at MCI food festival
The International Food Festival at Maine Central Institute Sunday showcased foods prepared by students from eleven different countries.
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Skowhegan students complete greenhouse, add to project-based curriculum
The new grant-funded greenhouse at the Marti Stevens Learning Center is already in use as the newest part of the school’s project-based learning program.
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Monmouth Academy students shine at national Academic Decathlon
Mustangs finish seventh in small-school division with five individual students earning national medals.
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From brutal war and poverty in Central Africa to honor student in Skowhegan
Aziza Perkins, a Skowhegan Area High School junior and recipient of the Julia Clukey Courage Award, is thriving after a long journey.
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SAD 74 voters give first approval to 2016-2017 budget
The proposed $9.9 million budget includes administrative changes at Carrabec High School and unanticipated health insurance costs related to the closure of Madison Paper Industries, according to the district superintendent.
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Augusta city councilors, school officials debate school funding
The City Council might seek a reduction of the proposed school budget’s demand on taxpayers, which is about $300,000 larger than the top budget figure municipal leaders had said was acceptable.
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RSU 9 directors approve school budget at $32.97 million
The 2.9 percent budget increase is just below the 3 percent the district Board of Directors set, and it will go to a public hearing next month and a referendum in June.
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Maine education chief quizzed about closed-door meeting
At a luncheon hosted by the Maine Heritage Policy Center, Deputy Education Commissioner Bill Beardsley is asked why he participated in a private commission meeting hosted by the governor that violated the state’s open-meeting law.