RSU 4 board proposes revised budget, trimming nearly $324,000; public hearing and vote scheduled Thursday at Oak Hill High School.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston High School considers installing vape detectors in bathrooms
School officials are discussing different strategies to increase access to bathrooms in the high school.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston High School plans to add twice-weekly remediation period
The 38-minute period dubbed Academic Focus Time will give students an opportunity to make up work with classroom teachers.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
Paris-based school board approves $2.34 million for upgrades to 3 buildings
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District directors voted Monday night to authorize $2.34 million to finance improvements at three elementary schools. Voters in June approved a $2.55 million bond to pay for security improvements and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act at Waterford Memorial, Otisfield Community and Harrison Elementary schools. Of that, $2.34 will […]
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
New University of Maine at Augusta president seeks to deepen community relationships
As Jenifer Cushman takes the helm of the third-largest school in Maine’s state university system, she’s looking to draw in people seeking to finish degrees they began years ago, or who never thought they would go to college.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine’s most selective colleges say little about their legacy admissions practices
Bowdoin, Colby and Bates answered few questions about preference given to applicants related to alumni and donors.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools may reduce funding for homeless students support program next year
School officials are asking The Store Next Door to find funding for staff positions as another difficult budget season looms.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
New Edward Little High School on track to open next month
Some odds and ends will still be unfinished, but the essential academic and administrative spaces will be ready.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 task force: ‘We are maxed out in space’
With no plans to build a new school for all district prekindergarten through sixth graders, residents and school officials have to figure out the best use of existing schools to ease student crowding.