Classes were canceled at several schools in Western Maine on Tuesday because the extreme cold rendered buses inoperable, SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said. “There were too many buses that wouldn’t start,” he said. SAD 44 includes Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock. Murphy said the temperature at his Bethel home Tuesday morning was minus 12 […]
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Schools getting more funding; Lewiston-Auburn tax bills lowered
LEWISTON — When Lewiston and Auburn voters decided the school budget in May and June, the two superintendents promised if the state provided more money for education it would be used to lower tax bills. State lawmakers did provide more money, and the numbers have been released by the Maine Department of Education. The superintendents […]
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New ELHS: Renovate or build?
AUBURN — As work continues on building a new Edward Little High School, the Building Committee Tuesday night was given a draft list of advantages and disadvantages to build new or renovate the existing school. If this feels like deja vu, it is. The same question was debated in 2013 by a different committee, but that […]
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Advice to eighth-graders: ‘Roll up your sleeves; you’ve got this’
LEWISTON — When she was a Lewiston Middle School student, Suzie Assam was often sad over the death of her mother. “My weight yo-yoed all over the place,” she said. She wasn’t popular. In college, she endured anxiety attacks and depression. Still, “here I am on the stage, a confident, happy, complete person,” Assam, 25, […]
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Greene voters say no, but MSAD 52 school budget passes
TURNER — MSAD 52 voters passed the new school budget Tuesday night. Superintendent Kimberly Brandt said the overall vote was 93 in favor, 75 against. Turner voted 41-33. Leeds voted 36-23. Greene alone turned the budget down, 16 in favor, 19 opposed. The $26.1 million budget represents a 2.2 percent increase over the current year. […]
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Maine wild blueberries being served up in more schools
ORONO (AP) — Maine wild blueberries are being served up in more schools. The Wild Blueberry School Foodservice Program says federal data show that more frozen Maine blueberries were sold to schools in April than in all of 2016. In the coming school year, Maine wild blueberries will be served in public school systems in […]
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Time crunch a major issue for teachers
Of all the problems facing Maine schools, finding time for the work teachers do outside the classroom is one of the most intractable, because time is a win/lose proposition, and the amount of time needed is far more than what is achievable under the current strategies. Early release and late start days are tempting because […]
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Auburn School Committee to vote on early release Wednesdays for grades 7-12
Auburn Middle School Principal Celena Ranger watches students get on buses to go home Monday. The School Committee will vote Wednesday night on whether to authorize 13 half-day Wednesdays next year for grades seven to 12. AUBURN — Parent Barbara Howaniec thought she’d be “graduating” from early-release Wednesdays next year when her two sons will […]
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RSU 5 budget error means higher taxes, possible program cuts
FREEPORT — A $500,000 error in the proposed fiscal year 2018 school budget will increase the expected tax impact from 4 percent to almost 6.5 percent. It may also require nearly $280,000 in spending cuts to programs including nutrition, music and math. Regional School Unit 5 Superintendent Becky Foley and the RSU5 Board of Directors […]
