Following a row about the budget and a feud between teachers and the school board, voters in Kingfield might have had enough of the district.
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Studying how traumatic childhood events affect health
I first learned of the adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study a few years ago as I was working on understanding how stress impacts our health and well-being through the psychoneuroimmunological system. The ACE study was performed in the late 1990s by the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente with 17,000 participants, and the goal […]
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Former Salt Institute students present plan to rescue school
The nonprofit’s directors, who announced last month that the school will close, plans to respond to Save Salt’s proposal by the end of July.
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Augusta elementary school pupils to get standards-based grading
The Augusta Board of Education voted to establish a 1-to-4 system for all students from kindergarten through sixth grade, replacing a hybrid system established in 2008.
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Oakland discovers $170,000 school mix-up that will hike taxes
Town officials complain Oakland will spend more than expected in school taxes because tax rate calculations were based on inaccurate information provided by the school district.
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RSU 9 board OKs $32M revised school budget total
Residents of the Farmington-based school district, who rejected the board’s first attempt, will get to weigh in on the new version July 21, followed by another referendum.
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The gender imbalance in education raises important questions
As an educator and a father of two school aged boys, I am particularly interested in reports of academic success of students in local schools. Every year around graduation time the Kennebec Journal posts top 10 graduating student lists for local high schools; I review these with great interest. I am interested in students’ college and […]
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Augusta elementary schools may implement new grading system
The school district first tried to upgrade its elementary school report cards in 2008, but push back from parents meant the adoption of a dual reporting system.
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RSU 9 board to make a third attempt at budget Tuesday
After two meetings to make significant budget cuts, the board will reconvene to address the rejected $32.25 million budget.
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Kingfield to meet Monday to discuss split from SAD 58
After a feud between the teachers association and the school board resulted in a failed budget, Kingfield residents began looking into proceeding independently.