Superintendent says cutting any more from the spending plan would mean dropping staff.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Maranacook Community High School to remain remote Tuesday as COVID-19 spike continues
Superintendent: We will make day-to-day decisions on when to resume in-person learning.
‘My jagged path to cap and gown’: Reflections from a 23-year-old expectant high school graduate
Brianna Robinson of Auburn is just weeks away from receiving her high school diploma through Wayfinder Schools.
Finding their way: Program gives young parents an alternative path to graduation
Wayfinder Schools offers under-credited, over-aged students a second chance to earn their high school diploma.
Central Maine school districts turning to emerging bus scanning technology to address safety, driver shortages
The technology was originally installed during the pandemic to help with contact-tracing, but officials are now looking at the devices as a way of improving efficiency and safety for students.
Lewiston schools to discontinue pooled COVID-19 testing
The district started the program in October to monitor for COVID-19 positive students and staff.
Lewiston schools aiming for roughly $1 tax impact
The School Committee has reduced its initial proposal by nearly $3 million.
RSU 10 board reviews a $31 million budget proposal for 2022-23
The amount is an increase of $1.1 million from this year’s budget of $29.94 million and would mean an average 2.66% increase in assessments for taxpayers of the seven towns of the district.
Readfield-area high school to go remote due to staff shortages from uptick in COVID-19 cases
School officials can’t figure out what caused the spike, and so far only Maranacook Community High School has been impacted.