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Schools & Education
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Schools lost track of homeless kids during pandemic. Many face steep path to recovery
Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the COVID pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Auburn summer program aims to help new Mainers build relationship with the outdoors
Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Revised budget for Wales-based school district faces first of two votes
RSU 4 board proposes revised budget, trimming nearly $324,000; public hearing and vote scheduled Thursday at Oak Hill High School.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston High School considers installing vape detectors in bathrooms
School officials are discussing different strategies to increase access to bathrooms in the high school.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston High School plans to add twice-weekly remediation period
The 38-minute period dubbed Academic Focus Time will give students an opportunity to make up work with classroom teachers.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
Paris-based school board approves $2.34 million for upgrades to 3 buildings
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District directors voted Monday night to authorize $2.34 million to finance improvements at three elementary schools. Voters in June approved a $2.55 million bond to pay for security improvements and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act at Waterford Memorial, Otisfield Community and Harrison Elementary schools. Of that, $2.34 will […]
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
New University of Maine at Augusta president seeks to deepen community relationships
As Jenifer Cushman takes the helm of the third-largest school in Maine’s state university system, she’s looking to draw in people seeking to finish degrees they began years ago, or who never thought they would go to college.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools & Education
Maine’s most selective colleges say little about their legacy admissions practices
Bowdoin, Colby and Bates answered few questions about preference given to applicants related to alumni and donors.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools may reduce funding for homeless students support program next year
School officials are asking The Store Next Door to find funding for staff positions as another difficult budget season looms.