School disruptions caused by COVID-19 and personal issues beyond their control kept some students from graduating with other classmates in June.
Schools & Education
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Lisbon students make ‘pipe dream’ mural a reality
The high school students pitched the idea of a mural on the Lisbon Falls Community Library, raised money for it and painted it.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
CMCC includes welding in free training program
Funding is from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Jodi Ellis named principal of Mexico elementary school
She is a former teacher at Tripp Middle School in Turner.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges join effort to uphold affirmative action
Bates, Bowdoin and Colby are among 32 liberal arts colleges urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold previous rulings which allow admission officers to consider race as a factor.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
As the school year approaches, many teaching positions remain vacant
Some school systems are facing little hope of filling some of the most critical positions.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Winthrop Public Schools selects new leaders for middle, high schools as administrative shuffle ripples through region
Schools across central Maine are seeing shifts in leadership ahead of the new school year, which begins in a few weeks.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
SAD 17 forum brings talk of challenges facing Oxford Hills
About 100 people attended the forum, including former school board directors, district staff from building administrators to education technicians and bus drivers, parents, students and alumni, municipal officials and a public library director worried about the communities’ consequences to school consolidation.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, Schools & Education
Back-to-school shopping: Families reach for cheaper options
A basket of roughly a dozen supply items showed a price increase of nearly 15% on average for this back-to-school season compared with a year ago as inflation squeezes all areas.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
SAD 17 appoints interim curriculum director
Jill Bartash joins SAD 17 from RSU 10, where she was Rumford Elementary School’s principal.