Those using ‘Say Something’ include Kennebunk-based RSU 21; Waterboro-based RSU 57; and Waterville Public Schools.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
RSU 16 wants Poland day care center to pay $13,000 for a flashing ‘bus stop’ sign
The day care owner says she can’t afford it and her kids need the sign for a safe bus stop. The RSU 16 superintendent says taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay to help a for-profit business.
SMCC streamlines student application process as enrollment declines
On-the-Spot Acceptance Days will make it easier for students to apply to Southern Maine Community College, where enrollment is down 14% since 2011.
Two groups apply to fill last open spot for charter school in Maine
The Maine Charter School Commission expects to make a decision this fall on applications from the Ecology Learning Center and Sheffwood Academy.
Maine keeps charter school cap as states weigh impact of expansions
A new law enacted without the governor’s signature keeps in place a limit on the number of charter schools that can open in the state, which was originally set to expire in 2021.
Spruce Mountain Middle School principal named
Greg Henderson of Readfield will begin his new job Monday.
Fight over state funding for religious schools heads to federal appeals court
Judge D. Brock Hornby rules that Maine education money cannot pay tuition to religious schools in communities without state-funded schools of their own, but acknowledges an inevitable appeal.
St. Dom’s receives anonymous $1 million gift
The donation, one of the largest in the Catholic school’s history, will be used for student scholarships.
Kennebunk grapples with another racial incident involving students
A video allegedly depicts two teenage girls drinking and one repeatedly using a racial slur.
RSU 4 school bus driver honored for saving bus full of kids
The bus went out of control after the trainee driver had a heart attack and passed out at the wheel.