AUBURN — Auburn police Cpl. Kris Boucher introduced a drug-sniffing German shepherd to the School Committee on Wednesday night. “This is Dutch,” Boucher said. He demonstrated how Dutch sniffs for drugs, which soon will be done at Edward Little High School and other schools. Random drug searches will begin this fall, Superintendent Katy Grondin said, […]
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‘Welcome to a new school year’: Students return to school
AUBURN — Sporting a pink backpack, pink sneakers and an excited smile, Aurora Martel, 5, greeted her school principal Wednesday with big news. “I brought enough money to buy a milk!” Aurora said to East Auburn Community School Principal Sue Dorris. There was more. “See my backpack? I’ve got three kinds of pencils, one eraser […]
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Lewiston’s new autism classes opening this fall
LEWISTON — This fall, Lewiston’s expanded autism program will begin teaching 17 students who would have been in a more expensive, private program, Lewiston’s Special Ed Director Jill Hastings told the Lewiston School Committee Monday night. The new program will teach 20 students, Hastings said. There will be three new small classes, often with a […]
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A. Elze: Common Core woes
As recently reported in two stories about the schools of Lewiston and Auburn — I think both are products of Common Core. Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin doesn’t know how many teachers the district has, as she didn’t include music, art or drama as teachers. I would beg to differ. We see quick results of the […]
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Auburn voters pass school budget
AUBURN — Voters passed the school budget by a decent margin Tuesday. Unofficial returns showed it passing by a vote of 1,582 to 930. “That’s very good news,” a relieved Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin said Tuesday night. “I so appreciate residents coming out and supporting the budget, knowing they were asked to pay a little […]
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State gives virtual charter school more time to meet enrollment minimum
AUGUSTA — Maine’s first virtual school is getting more time to meet its enrollment requirement. The Maine Charter School Commission on Tuesday approved extending the enrollment deadline for Maine Connection Academy from June 1 to July 15. The school needs to enroll 243 students before it can open next fall. John Larouche, an attorney for […]
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Turner, Leeds, Greene voters pass school budget
TURNER — Voters in Turner, Leeds and Greene passed the RSU 52 school budget in a 217-124 vote Tuesday. Poll results released Wednesday by Superintendent Henry Aliberti are Turner, 156-73; Leeds, 32-26; and Greene, 29-25. Aliberti thanked those who voted. “We have an outstanding school system in which we can be very proud,” he said. […]
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Lewiston voters approve school budget
LEWISTON — Voters on Tuesday approved a $61.17 million budget for the School Department. The vote was 333-255. Turnout was light — 2.4 percent of the city’s 24,000 registered voters — but steady, City Clerk Kathy Montejo said from the Longley Elementary School gymnasium. “It’s going well. It’s busier than last year,” she said. She […]
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Lisbon council, school board look for savings
LISBON – The School Committee and Town Council continued their efforts to save taxpayer dollars at a meeting Monday night on the proposed $14.7 million school budget. The committee will vote on the budget May 12, and the council will vote on May 20. In discussions ranging from sharing office space to using town mechanics […]
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Maine readies ‘report cards’ for schools
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is compiling report cards for its schools for the second year. The Maine Department of Education says it developed the system in 2013 to bring more transparency and accountability to schools across the state. The DOE assigns letter grades based on student proficiency and how students are improving. At the high […]