SULLIVAN — A local woman was arrested Tuesday after her child allegedly brought pot brownies to school and distributed them to students. An unidentified student brought marijuana — police confirmed it was in brownie form — to Mountain View Elementary School in Sullivan on Tuesday, according to a statement from RSU 24 Superintendent Suzanne Lukas. […]
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Is your school holding a mock election?
Is your school holding a mock election? The Sun Journal plans to publish a school mock election story on Oct. 31. If you’d like your school’s results included, send them by Oct. 30 to reporter Bonnie Washuk at: bwashuk@sunjournal.com. The results must be sent by a teacher or school administrator with email address and phone […]
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School insurance data law upheld in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he’s pleased that an appeals court left intact a law requiring insurers, health maintenance organizations and other medical service organizations to provide information concerning a school unit’s insurance claims history. The idea of the law sponsored by Rep. Ralph Sarty of Denmark was to make information available […]
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Auburn board says no to late-start school days
AUBURN – After parents once again filled the council chambers in opposition, the School Committee on Wednesday night reversed an earlier vote and rejected weekly late-arrival for grades seven to 12. Parents, who numbered more than a dozen and spoke for more than an hour, delivered a clear message: don’t take away classroom time from […]
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Maine schools vary on late starts for staff training
AUBURN — Auburn schools have some company when it comes to the effort to use class time for teacher professional development. Rumford schools have weekly late-arrival, as do Sanford and Sabattus. Unity has six late-start days a year, Jackman has eight, Hampden has some and uses substitutes for those days. Gray schools dismiss students early […]
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Old Rockland school sold at auction, makes list of endangered historic places
ROCKLAND — The 144-year-old former Lincoln Street school is back on the market after Camden National Bank purchased the structure at a foreclosure auction held Tuesday afternoon. The auction was held on the same day that a historic preservation organization listed the former school as one of the state’s 10 most endangered historic resources. Camden […]
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Lewiston schools seek to revamp field trip policy
LEWISTON — School Superintendent Bill Webster wants to expand the horizons of his students. He wants them to know their roots, appreciate the surrounding state and region and discover the importance of learning in some of the most unlikely places. In essence, he wants a third-grade class learning about the ocean to actually see it. […]