Longtime central Maine broadcasters say they will focus on schools that welcome them, and cover Cony only when it is the visiting team.
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Augusta school board approves controversial broadcast media policy
A contentious discussion about input preceded the overwhelming approval of the policy that regulates commentary and advertising, while also requiring a payment.
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Susan Collins says Donald Trump ‘should defer to local decision makers’ on reopening schools
Maine’s Republican senator says states and school systems are positioned best to base decisions on their own circumstances.
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CDC: No rewriting of guidelines for reopening schools
Despite President Trump’s sharp criticism, a top health official says federal guidelines for reopening schools are not being revised.
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Bates College more concerned about travel than new ICE guidelines
Bates College says Immigrant Customs and Enforcement agency guidelines will have little impact on its international students as travel remains the greatest barrier to in-person classes this fall.
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Lewiston Superintendent Todd Finn resigns after one year
A lawyer for Todd Finn submitted his resignation Wednesday, but the School Committee took no action on it.
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Portland-based education nonprofit sued for study-abroad refunds
The Council on International Education Exchange suspended all of its spring programs but said only students who could not complete their courses online would be eligible for refunds.
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Trump threatens to withhold funding to schools that don’t fully reopen, attacks CDC guidelines
Trump’s threat ran contrary to the traditional Republican stance of giving more control over schools to localities, rather than the federal government.
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RSU 73 sets new budget hearing, voting dates
A public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 4, with the budget vote Aug. 18 in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls.
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Bates students demand lower tuition for squeezed semester
A diminished “college experience” ought to cost less, insist more than 500 signers of a petition that details concerns about Bates’ plans for the fall. The school, however, insists it has layed out adequate options for on- and off-campus education for its students.