Money for a new bus garage and a new bus also win approval.
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Parent tells Waterville school board that Black daughter mistreated by teachers at high school
Karlene Burrell-McRae, who’s an administrator at Colby College, urged the schools and Board of Education on Monday to “do better.”
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MSAD 52 board holding emergency budget meetings this week
Voters of Greene, Leeds and Turner did not pass the $30.3 million spending plan last week.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Faculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell concerns; some call for system chancellor to resign
UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston School Committee cancels tonight’s meeting
LEWISTON— The Lewiston School Committee meeting Monday evening at Connors Elementary has been canceled, according to Superintendent Jake Langlais. The next meeting is scheduled June 6.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Newly named UMA president agrees to deal to withdraw from position
Michael R. Laliberte, whose hiring was criticized after votes of no confidence at his former university came to light, to be paid salary of $205,000 in what would have been his first year.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Colby College graduates hailed for resilience, perseverance
College presents diplomas to about 540 new graduates from 36 states and 23 countries.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Furor followed Malloy from Connecticut to Maine
Malloy was once the least popular governor in the country and some in Connecticut are still upset about his reforms of that state’s higher education system.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
UMaine System faculty lose faith in chancellor as his contract comes up for renewal
‘He doesn’t understand or want to understand the issues the faculty are raising,’ said a professor from the Augusta campus, the first school to declare no confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy.
Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education
The effects of faculty cuts ripple across UMF campus and into homes
After building roots in Farmington, will the professors eliminated from UMF’s humanities and social sciences programs leave the community they have come to love?