Special-education teachers are in especially short supply.
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RSU 9 food pantry to receive $10,000 donation
In a collaboration between the RSU 9 food pantry, the Tyngtown Club and Dr. Steven Quackenbush, the pantry will rename their backpack program “Anita’s Hope”, in honor of Quackenbush’s mother.
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Farmington school’s lunchroom gets a facelift
RSU 9 Director of Food Service Andrew Hutchins reported the success of the summer lunch program and the completion of Cascade Brook School’s lunchroom renovations on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
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USM to offer special education bachelor’s degree
A shortage of special education educators is affecting school districts across Maine.
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School districts based in Gardiner, Hallowell and Winthrop launch shared adult education program
Course registration for the Kennebec Neighbors Adult Education Program is expected to open next week.
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RSU 9 reports transportation, custodial services in better shape than last year
Director of Transportation and Facilities Richard Joseph Jr. reported on Tuesday, Aug 8, that in spite of losing a driver and a mechanic in the last year, staffing is in better shape compared to previous years.
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Farmington college gives sneak peak of new Sweatt-Winter building
With completion within arm’s reach, the new Sweatt-Winter building at the University of Maine Farmington is looking to bring early child development to a new level.
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Skowhegan ceremony formally marks launch of construction on $75 million elementary school
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for the new Margaret Chase Smith Community School, which MSAD 54 administrators say will allow for greater continuity in education because students no longer will have to transition from one school to another every couple of years.
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Residents in Wales, Litchfield and Sabattus reject school district budget again
Turnout and margins of vote almost identical to those for June 13 referendum.
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UMF taking advantage of summer with multiple projects
University Maine Farmington has gotten a number of projects rolling with the aim of making the campus sustainable and accommodating the residential students’ needs.