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Schools & Education

Published
October 11, 2019

Unified basketball may be coming to Spruce Mountain High School

RSU 73 directors unanimously support the program.
Published
October 10, 2019

Lewiston elementary offers free clothes, food to families

While many Maine schools provide free clothing to students in need, Robert V. Connors Elementary School is one of the few to offer clothes to parents.
Published
October 9, 2019

Cape Elizabeth principal defends response to allegations of sexual assault

Jeffrey Shedd sends a letter to a school community embroiled in controversy over notes alleging there is a 'rapist in our school,' saying the 3 students who left the notes ‘made a really bad choice.’
Published
October 8, 2019

Racist flyers mailed to Skowhegan area school board members, others

The flyers feature a Ku Klux Klan hood, confederate flag and an Eye of Providence, and falsely says there will be a white supremacist Maine Green Independent Party fall gathering Oct. 27 at Belfast Public Library.
Published
October 7, 2019

Justice Department supports Mainers’ challenge of religious school tuition ban

Three families, who all live in districts that do not operate their own high schools, are seeking reimbursement.

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Published
October 7, 2019

Cape Elizabeth students walk out to protest suspensions for sexual assault allegations

The administration says the 3 girls violated the school's bullying policy when they posted notes accusing an unnamed person of sexual assault.
Published
October 6, 2019

Lewiston to host tours of high school prior to expansion vote

The two-story expansion will provide space for the visual and performing arts and classroom space for special education.
Published
October 6, 2019

As Maine schools grow more diverse, we need to talk

Kids and educators alike acknowledge the power of conversation – celebrating what makes students different as well as what we all have in common – to make schools feel safe and welcoming to all.
Published
October 4, 2019

Report says Maine needs statewide training standards, more oversight for school-based policing

The first study of its kind reveals ‘wide variation’ in school resource officer programs across the state, as the number of officers grows.
Published
October 4, 2019

Cape Elizabeth students fault school system’s handling of sexual assault allegations

Administrators respond to claims that there is a rapist in the high school, a few months after students confronted the school board about the handling of sexual assault reports.