Student speakers tell their 170 fellow graduates to remember the two students they lost this school year while making positive contributions.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Road commissioner post, SAD 54 board seats on Skowhegan ballot
Residents will choose Tuesday from among three road commissioner candidates: 23-year incumbent Greg Dore and challengers Donald Kinney Sr. and Paul Murray.
Student art exhibit opens at Waterville’s Common Street Arts
Colby College artist in residence Shirel Horovitz led a workshop with the students, and the exhibit of what they created runs through Sunday.
Fairfield resident resigns from SAD 49 school board
Andrew Carlton says he doesn’t have the time to give the volunteer job the attention it deserves.
Hallowell woman who dropped out of Waterville High 11 years ago to graduate Friday
Jennifer Tantoco will get her high school equivalency certificate from Augusta Adult Education along with more than 50 other adult education graduates.
ACLU of Maine honors South Portland, Lewiston high school students
Three students who defended the right not to pledge allegiance in South Portland and four students who hung a ‘Black Lives Matter’ poster in Lewiston High School receive the organization’s Baldwin Award.
With enrollment down 11%, USM’s incoming president faces tough first year
Glenn Cummings already has plans to fill a budget gap without academic cuts, recruit and retain students, heal the campus and build partnerships.
Locations of Maine disease outbreaks withheld, but why?
The Maine CDC, which used to name the sites, now says doing so could identify ill people. But some health advocates say the public needs to know when it’s at risk for exposure.
RSU 18 approves $292,700 in cuts to school budget
Board drops funding for charter schools and eliminates one teaching position, but preserves raises for administrators and extracurricular programs.
Parents at Wednesday forum lament Augusta principal’s resignation
Principal Lori Smail resigned from her post at Farrington School, which is now being probed by the state for testing irregularities that she says were unrelated to her departure.