At the recent Kingfield Select Board meeting, discussions centered on property valuations, community aesthetics, and school budget challenges, with Maine School Administrative 58 director Mary Nodine suggesting tax adjustments for fairness.
Schools & Education
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Lewiston School Committee to move forward with Naloxone training, grades 7 through 12
The life-saving opioid antidote will also be available in Lewiston public schools.
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Posted inFranklin, News, Schools & Education
Great grad: Rangeley graduate Eric White found himself through music again after pandemic
When the pandemic upended his life for two years, music helped him reestablish bonds.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Lisbon class of 2024 takes flight
Class of 2024’s adviser and keynote speaker, Nicole Sautter, urged the graduates to hold space for uncertainty.
Posted inFranklin, News, Schools & Education
Great grad: Spruce Mountain High School’s Faith Maurais hones leadership, problem-solving skills
She hopes to one day work for the United States National Park Service and help revive and protect endangered species.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Turner-based school district directors support changes to policy on selecting instructional materials
Changes to policy on library materials was tabled.
Posted inNation / World, News, Religion & Values, Schools & Education
Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme ruled that a program providing tuition aid to students in rural areas in Maine without public schools could not exclude religious education.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Photo album: See images from the Leavitt Area High School commencement
Leavitt Area High School awarded diplomas Sunday to 126 seniors at the school’s 125th graduation ceremony at The Colisée in Lewiston.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools & Education
Sweetser can’t sustain its mental health services to 18 Maine school districts
Sweetser said it lost $1.5 million last year because of billing rules. Their decision to scale back comes as the mental health of young people continues to struggle in the wake of the pandemic.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Leavitt Area High School awards 126 diplomas at 125th graduation
Among the event’s speakers at The Colisée in Lewiston, LAHS Principal Eben Shaw encouraged the graduates to strive for kindness, service, compassion, generosity, perseverance, honesty, determination and enthusiasm.