The School Administrative District 17 Board of Directors will go through the regular process of finding a new principal for Agnes Gray Elementary School with a hiring committee, they decided Monday.
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SAT going digital in shifting college admissions landscape
Starting in the U.S. in 2024, students will be able to take their own tablets or laptops to monitored testing sites.
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Maine school counselor charged with sexually assaulting student
The counselor is charged with 2 counts of gross sexual assault and 1 count of unlawful sexual contact in the Calais district.
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Lewiston School Committee approves Narcan training for staff
The drug, which is used to treat opioid overdoses, would be available to treat students, staff and community members in need.
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Lewiston High School opens its first arts and music wing
The two-story addition will house the high school’s music, arts, and theater programs, as well as the new computer science program and other teachers who previously did not have their own classrooms.
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Tumult for Agnes Gray continues as more speak out about September incident involving superintendent
An altercation between Superintendent Monica Henson and a sixth grade student in September continues to play out, four months later.
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Part-time Mainer ‘relieved’ that U.S. Supreme Court will hear college admissions cases
The court agrees to hear two lawsuits challenging the role of race in college admissions filed by a group whose leader lives in South Thomaston half of the year.
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DHHS, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office launch investigations at Agnes Gray
Ashley Rowe said she was misled about the extent of her child’s altercation with Monica Henson.
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Graduation rates dip across U.S., including in Maine, as pandemic stalls progress
Some fear that cumulative effects of the pandemic stand to hit future graduating classes the hardest.
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to affirmative action in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court added another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 on the agenda.