Directors have trimmed $2.7 million from the $37.24 million proposal.
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CMCC in Auburn to receive $3.2 million to expand health care training
The plan is to grow the community college’s health care programs and add 100 students to the nursing program.
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory
The suit stems from the state’s decision last year to not count an Advance Placement course on Afridan American Studies toward state credit.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Some central Maine school districts endorse starting after Labor Day
Augusta area schools will start school after Labor Day, but snow days could possibly run school into the week of Juneteenth.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Senior College to offer classes at various community sites in Auburn and Lewiston
Lewiston-Auburn Senior College needs to be more fluid with where they host their classes.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools & Education
Bill to overhaul how Maine educates its youngest special needs students moves ahead
The bill would transfer some of the responsibility for providing disability services to young kids onto individual school districts within 4 years – a timeline that some worry is too quick.
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Lewiston Regional Technical Center looks to member school districts to fill funding gap
While the state pays most of the budget, certain items are not included.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Maine’s biggest upset this March hasn’t been on the court. It was on a chess board.
Baxter Academy’s fledgling team wins a state championship in its first few months with help from a 16-year-old from Angola who learned to play while living at the Portland Expo.
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UMaine Orono part of high-altitude balloon launch to record solar eclipse
The eclipse can be viewed from the vantage point of high-altitude balloons on April 8 on YouTube.
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Former York special education teacher settles discrimination lawsuit against district
Michele Figueira had sued the York School Department last summer, alleging officials created a hostile work environment in which she was discriminated against for being gay. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.