With nearly 400 students taking classes in the basement every period, the new classroom wing would bring all students back upstairs with the rest of the student body.
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Influx of students with special needs means more staff in RSU 73
Regional School Unit 73 directors voted Thursday to hire one educational technician each for the primary and middle schools.
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Cape High student won’t be suspended while court considers free speech case
Aela Mansmann’s 3-day suspension is on hold until the judge determines whether school officials violated her rights by punishing her for posting notes about an alleged rapist in the school.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Bates College teacher, students make scientific breakthrough
A Bates College assistant professor and his students have created a new molecule that could change the way we treat some of humanity’s most dreaded diseases.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Turner, Greene and Leeds schools $324,000 get to improve school safety
Five districts are receiving $1.25 million for upgrades that include cameras, community training and security systems.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston School Committee hires improvement coordinator to supervise school data
Kaitlyn Barcellos of Vermont will help the superintendent compile and present data for each school.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Bowdoin College to increase its minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2022
The college now pays a minimum of $12.65 to its hourly employees, and that will rise to $14 per hour next summer.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Judge to rule this week on Cape student’s suspension for sexual assault allegation
The ACLU of Maine has sued on behalf of Aela Mansmann, saying the school district violated her free speech rights when it suspended her for posting a sticky note in a high school bathroom saying ‘there’s a rapist in the school.’
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Election 2019: Lewiston School Committee Ward 4
Candidate Tanya Whitlow refused to fill out a profile
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New Connors school working on growing pains, identity
LEWISTON — Dr. Sara Sims, principal of the new Connors Elementary School, likes to end her morning announcements by telling her students “I love you,” in several languages. Two weeks into the school year, a boy from Somalia came into the office and told her, “Dr. Sims, you’re just not saying it right.” “Teach me. […]