Ideas include swimming lessons and water safety instruction.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Proposed new school in Mexico backed in straw poll
Fourteen people supported a combined elementary/middle school for RSU 10.
Nick Karavas — from math teacher to administrator in Dixfield
Face Time: Karavas was hired in June as the athletic director and assistant principal at RSU 56’s Dirigo High School in Dixfield after a career teaching math.
UMaine System trustees approve flat tuition for in-state students
Out-of-state students will see a 2.5 percent tuition increase in the $578 million budget approved Friday.
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine school choice case
The justices of the top court are deciding whether to hear a case filed by Maine families who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.
Regional School Unit 73 awards bid for new bus
The purchase will be paid for with federal coronavirus relief money.
Dixfield-based school directors approve Civil Rights and Equality Committee for fall
Dirigo Middle School Principal Jason Long said it’s important to develop a structure for discussions on these topics.
Kennebunk-area school district settles student’s sexual assault lawsuit
The district paid $50,000 to settle a case brought by a former student who accused a former Kennebunk High School teacher of sexual assault.
Lewiston schools chief Jake Langlais recovering from knee surgery
Jake Langlais said he partially tore his ACL and will be at the June 30 school committee meeting.