There was discussion around how they can increase student safety in schools.
Schools & Education
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools plan reopening; parents feel like nothing will be the same
Lewiston public schools will reopen Tuesday. For the next three weeks, students will be released early on Wednesdays.
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Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Refugees to be provided transitional housing at Good Will-Hinckley in Fairfield
About 35 refugees from Somalia, Syria and other countries are to be relocated from southern Maine to the Good Will-Hinckley campus.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Schools prepare to welcome students back to structure of daily routines
Lisbon and Auburn students will return to school on Monday with a two-hour delay.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education
‘We could just hear sirens’: Bates students mourn with their neighbors
A night of panic turned into 2 days of uncertainty as students sheltered in place on campus.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
How to talk to young children and teens about the Lewiston mass shooting
Education officials and a child grief specialist offer advice on discussing Wednesday night’s shootings that killed at least 18 people and wounded at least 13.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Dirigo High School in Dixfield uses program to strengthen relationships, improve academic achievement
The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) program got its start this fall at Dirigo, one of 71 schools in Maine to apply the model.
Posted inNation / World, Schools & Education
Parents like private school vouchers so much that demand is exceeding budgets in some states
At least 4 states that have made most children eligible for taxpayer-funded scholarships to private schools are seeing more families using the programs than planned.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
RSU 10 to choose building contractor for new school in Mexico
The district’s building advisory committee will determine the contractor for the new school building in Mexico at their Nov. 6 meeting in the cafeteria at Mountain Valley High School at 5:30 p.m.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston School Committee considering indigenous land acknowledgement
Some representatives supported an acknowledgement while others felt that it did nothing to actually address past injustices against indigenous people.