“Always remember — when you make your voice heard, adults listen,” the president wrote to Cooper Stevenson, now 9.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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School districts grapple with vaping in high schools
Some are considering installing vape detectors in restrooms, but there is no easy solution for what some educators consider a public health crisis.
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Heat-related school closures prompt Winthrop family to donate 14 air conditioners
The donation provides each classroom at Winthrop Grade School with an air conditioner.
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UMaine System hopes to invest $1.2 billion in 400 projects over the next 5 years
Saying an investment in the schools’ infrastructure is overdue, leaders of the system and the individual universities laid out capital plans for the next 5 years at a board of trustees meeting Monday.
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UNE president says school’s Morocco campus not impacted by deadly earthquake
James Herbert said he was devastated to learn about Friday night’s earthquake but grateful that the Tangier campus was not affected.
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Bates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.
A New York Times analysis of 286 elite colleges and universities found that the Lewiston school has one of the lowest percentages of the low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants. Bowdoin and Colby colleges also have below-average economic diversity, according to the research.
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RSU 2 votes to move school board meetings to Hallowell
Regular business meetings will no longer rotate among the four municipalities served by the district. Special meetings will be scheduled in each community to gather input from residents.
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Classes canceled after water leak discovered at Waterville Senior High School
It appears the water leaked early Friday from a malfunctioning sink in a custodian’s closet, causing water to seep into first-floor classrooms, Superintendent Peter Hallen said.
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Staffing shortages spotlight critical role and special skills of school bus drivers
For Portland students heading back to Lyman Moore Middle School and Ocean Avenue Elementary School on Wednesday, it was exciting to be back on Ms. Lisa’s bus.
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Colby College professor studying how wildfire smoke fuels climate change
Assistant chemistry professor Greg Drozd says it’s clear there is a feedback loop – climate change leading to more wildfires and wildfires leading to more warming – and is trying to determine the magnitude of the effect.