Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
Schools & Education
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As feds ease school lunch nutritional standards, Maine schools stay the course
Food service directors say students have become accustomed to whole grains and other nutritionally beneficial foods and often prefer them to less healthy alternatives.
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Minor injuries reported after school bus and pickup truck collide in Winslow Thursday
Minor injuries were reported after a bus carrying students from Palermo Consolidated School to a basketball game at Temple Academy in Waterville collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of routes 32 and 137.
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Vape pens an escalating problem in schools
Regional School Unit 73 board of directors were told vape pens and e-cigarettes have become a huge problem in the district. The Healthy Community Coalition of Franklin County will hold a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. in the Spruce Mountain Middle School cafeteria for parents and community members to learn more about the health […]
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University system Chancellor James Page to retire at end of school year
Page, 66, has overseen financial stabilization and a refining of educational goals and priorities in the seven-campus system during his seven years in the job.
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Combating absenteeism that leads to failure
WEST PARIS – The Board of Selectmen is expected to fill a vacancy on the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its meeting on December 13. The vacancy was created by the SAD 17 board’s decision on December 3 to declare a vacancy. Town Manager Wade Rainey said at least one person has expressed an […]
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SAD 17 to implement new success program
PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors were told by Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School educators at its December 3 meeting that a new program to reduce freshmen class failure appears to be working. “I really believe this program is where it’s at,” said Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia of the […]
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Viking Voyages take students through time
PARIS — The pursuit of learning comes in many forms at the Oxford Hills Middle School. Viking Voyages, a recent week-long experiential learning block for students at the Oxford Hills Middle School, sent students to local museums and cemeteries, put cameras and hammers in their hands, let some view local historical images, create Halloween craft and […]
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Oxford Hills veteran speaks to fourth-graders
PARIS — An Army veteran who teaches law enforcement and military prep at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School spoke to fourth-graders November 9 about her military experience. Lynda Knowlton visited Marsha Wood’s classroom at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School. Knowlton, who was accompanied by ten of her high school students, said she served for five […]
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SAD 17 meal program may lose reimbursement
PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors were told at its Nov. 5 meeting that the district’s self-sustaining meal program had a Fund Balance of $388 667, as of June 3o, but officials say it may not be the financial windfall in the future that it appears to be now. “It’s not a good as […]