The search committee, lead by Roger Katz, will hold public listening sessions Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 in Bangor and Augusta, respectively, to gather feedback about what faculty, staff and community members would like to see in a president.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
‘Limited number’ of University of Maine at Augusta grades were changed following website glitch
Officials at the state university system are continuing to investigate the error that allowed nearly 250 students to have administrative access to the university’s grading system. No other campuses were impacted.
New teacher training program offers relief from education costs, school staffing shortages
Participants work full time as education technicians, long-term substitutes or emergency/conditionally certified teachers within the program, while taking classes toward their degree.
UNE to begin building new medical school at Portland campus
The $93 million health sciences facility will consolidate the University of New England’s health programs on one site and allow for expanded enrollment in the state’s only medical school.
University of Maine System website glitch left grade data vulnerable
The Thursday data breach gave students at the Augusta campus the ability to change grades.
Former Bangor school superintendent Betsy Webb dies at 61
The district’s top administrator for 13 years, Webb reportedly passed away on Thanksgiving while in hospice care.
RSU 56 raises some substitutes’ pay $5 a day beginning Jan. 1
Teachers, educational technicians included in raises.
Winthrop students win $1,000 for school after logging 187,000 minutes of outside time
Winthrop Middle School received the $1,000 prize for coming in the top three across the state in the Teens to Trails Life Happens Outside Challenge.
Heather Manchester puts collaboration at the heart of school leadership
Interim Oxford Hills schools Superintendent Heather Manchester became a unifying leader after months of unrest.
More students fed in RSU 9 schools
Director of Food Services Andrew Hutchins cites costs for fresh produce.