Cape Cod Hill Community School is using a community school model to support students and families through academics, child care and basic-needs services, but long-term funding remains a challenge.
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Spring has just begun, but it’s never too early to check out summer camps across western Maine
Families must plan early due to limited local camps, varying schedules and high demand for youth programming.
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Mt. Blue district draft budget proposes 1.5% spending increase
The draft budget eliminates five teaching positions now held by staff members who are retiring or otherwise leaving the Mt. Blue Regional School District at the end of the year.
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Hey, teens: Here’s where to start your prom planning in western Maine
A practical guide to setting a budget, selecting attire, getting gussied up, fed — and having the best night ever.
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Strong students launch podcast on Maine outdoors
Students at Day Mountain Regional Middle School have launched a podcast exploring wildlife and environmental issues in Maine.
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Winthrop School Board refuses to delay transgender student policy change
Work rewriting school policy to ban transgender students from playing sports that align with their gender identity will continue, despite looming state referendum question on same issue.
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A commission spent more than a year studying Maine’s school construction crisis. What now?
An amended bill passed by the education committee incorporates some of the commission’s recommendations, but a $100 million price tag might scare lawmakers.
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Dixfield-based school district targeting 6% budget increase
The board will vote to approve the proposed budget April 28.
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Farmington school district giving support to 52 homeless students this year
Amanda Clark updated the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors on students who have been identified as experiencing homelessness or housing instability as of March 4.
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Turner-based school board to finalize proposed $39.4 million budget April 9
The draft budget represents a nearly 6% increase from the current year, but changes are anticipated April 9 before it goes to voters in May.