After noticing 17 students were on the waiting list to enroll last fall, school administrators requested extra funding from the state to add a third classroom.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
RSU 10 board backs $30.95 million budget for 2022-23
The budget is slightly more than a $1 million increase from this fiscal year’s budget, which ends June 30. A referendum vote will be held June 14.
UMaine-Farmington appoints new interim president
The appointment comes amid the departure of nine faculty members at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Portland hopes to lead the way in integrating Wabanaki studies into classes
One Portland educator has spent years consulting with Wabanaki experts to come up with a K-12 curriculum.
Lewiston seventh-grader youngest ever to win statewide creative writing contest
Lily Douglass was selected as the winner of The Telling Room’s annual contest for her short story titled “The Monster under the Bed.”
Canton selectmen get ‘good news’ on school budget
RSU 56 is getting almost $800,000 more from the state toward $13.21 budget.
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
Spruce Mountain Outdoor Club given OK for Moose River canoe trip
The students and staff will spend one day preparing and learning needed skills then spend three days on the river.
Lewiston student recognized for going ‘over and above’ in helping others
One student from each of Lewiston Regional Technical School’s 20 programs is nominated for the recognition each year.
Edward Little High School teacher to spend 3 weeks studying Arctic Circle
Erin Towns joins research team to study glacier dynamics in Greenland.