The promise of Brown v. Board of Education unravels as the proportion of high-poverty, majority-black and Hispanic facilities has soared since 2001, says the Government Accountability Office.
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Voters in Maranacook-area schools to consider $16.5 million budget Wednesday
If it’s approved Wednesday, it will be on the ballot June 14 for validation.
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Brunswick school to host final Civil War re-enactment
Elementary school students have participated in the tradition for the past 20 years.
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SAD 49 residents approve $25.8 million budget for the coming year
The new budget represents a decrease in local property tax of $77,985 despite a drop in state subsidy.
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New exhibit in Augusta reveals children’s responses to Holocaust
The exhibit features drawings, artifacts and paintings from children lost, children who survived and succeeding generations moved by the Holocaust.
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Embattled SAD 6 superintendent resigns
Frank Sherburne steps down amid pressure from parents who called for his ouster after he broke the district’s nepotism policy by hiring his son, who lacked state approval to work with students and was later charged with the sexual assault of a student in another district.
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Group questioning transparency of Christian afterschool club to host Skowhegan discussion
The Maine president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation said Monday that the group has concerns about the Good News Club’s message.
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Teachers, residents say ‘the trust has been violated’ in SAD 6
Many residents of the five small towns that make up the school district are frustrated and angry about nepotism issues focused on Superintendent Frank Sherburne.
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Retiring Mt. Blue Middle School principal reflects on 30 years at the school
Gary Oswald, who wasn’t going to stick around when he first came to Farmington, ‘is Mt. Blue Middle School,’ the superintendent says.
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Winslow moves forward on plan to close junior high school building
The school district will seek public input on the plan to close the aging school after the 2017-18 school year and move sixth-graders to the elementary school and seventh and eighth-graders to the high school.