AUBURN — Edward Little High School dropped the controversial proficiency-based learning grading of 1-4 this past fall and went back to the traditional 0-100 scale. Like Lewiston High School, Edward Little increased expectations for getting a passing grade: 76 is the new D, 75 is the new F. Unlike Lewiston, juniors and seniors are not […]
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A new Edward Little could mean bump in Auburn property taxes
City Councilor Bob Hayes talks Wednesday night about a new Edward Little High School in Auburn as city councilors meet with the School Committee about the project. From left: Councilor Belinda Gerry, School Committee member Daniel Poisson and Hayes. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) AUBURN — If a new Edward Little High School were built […]
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New high school: Auburn seeks feedback on $22 million in local spending
AUBURN — Auburn residents will soon hear a proposal to spend $22 million raised through local taxes to help build a new Edward Little High School. Details will be shared with the public during an informational meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the high school. Architects from Harriman, the Auburn firm designing the […]
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Two Auburn schools started Monday without heat
AUBURN — Two local schools were without heat early Monday morning, but classes were held as usual, according to a Facebook post from the School Department. Edward Little High School’s heat was working again at 7 a.m., according to the post. “It will take time to heat a building the size of EL,” the post […]
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Auburn: Franklin School to stay put
AUBURN — The city’s alternative school isn’t going anywhere. Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin announced Tuesday night on the School Department’s Facebook page that after meeting with an architect and officials from other schools, the decision was made to drop the idea of moving the Franklin School to Edward Little High School. Grondin said she also […]
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Holiday Drive at Edward Little High School
Edward Little High School seniors Emily Allen, left, and Jade Perry try to balance a box of donated clothes while helping with the Holiday Drive at the school in Auburn on Wednesday. Members of the Student Leadership Council collected toys, food and winter clothes over the past month. Students delivered them to Hope Haven Gospel […]
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New Edward Little High School building project takes shape
AUBURN — The concept design for a new Edward Little High School is beginning to take shape. At a meeting at Auburn Hall on Tuesday night, members of the ELHS Building Committee and architects from the Harriman design team’s local branch discussed designs for the proposed project at the site of the school at 77 […]
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Should Franklin School become part of new Edward Little High School?
AUBURN — A parent, a teacher and the principal of Auburn’s Franklin Alternative School spoke Wednesday night against making Franklin part of a new Edward Little High School. Making Franklin part of the big school would mean less success in one of the most successful alternative schools in the country, according to Franklin Principal Russ Barlow. On Wednesday night, […]
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Breakfast and a cappella music for the holidays
Sid Lachance, wearing hat, and members of the Edward Little High School a cappella ensemble From Out of Nowhere perform holiday songs Wednesday morning during the weekly breakfast meeting of the Auburn-Lewiston Rotary Club at the United Methodist Church in Auburn. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a short video of From Out of Nowhere performing. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) […]
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LRTC expanding to Auburn
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Regional Technical Center will expand programming to a new Edward Little High School in Auburn, if voters approve the construction project next June. Now, Auburn students go to the center, which is connected to Lewiston High School. LRTC Executive Director Rob Callahan said the center has run out of space and […]