RSU 56 Board Director Bruce Ross, also a Region 9 School of Applied Technology board member, spoke about the $809,284 bond vote Nov. 5.
Schools & Education
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Rumford-based RSU 10 board votes to consider buildings for in-person classes
The former Mexico Police Department building on Recreation Drive and the basement of the Apostolic Church in Mexico will have air quality testing and architectural studies done in the possibility of having Mountain Valley Middle School classrooms in the buildings.
Students injured when school bus goes into ditch in Minot
Some 16 out of 43 Minot Consolidated School students sustained minor injuries Tuesday morning when their bus entered a ditch, school and police officials said.
Oxford Hills school district starts process to permanently close Agnes Gray Elementary School
Maine School Administrative District 17’s school board voted, 19-1, against spending $6 million to make West Paris’ 130-year-old school safe for students and staff.
Maine’s community colleges see record fall enrollment
The Maine Community College System had 21,385 students enroll across its seven schools this year, the system said Monday. Last year, the figure was 19,477.
Dump truck driver, company summonsed after accident involving school bus
A dump truck left the road in Denmark early Friday morning, hitting a utility pole that fell onto a school bus, the sheriff’s office said.
Rumford-based school board meeting Monday
Regional School Unit 10 directors will discuss options for housing middle school students
Lewiston Regional Technical Center director Rob Callahan named Administrator of the Year
Callahan was recognized by Maine Association of Career Technical Education last Friday, following a nomination from LRTC staff and a rigorous voting process.
Biden names UMaine president to National Science Board
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics education, will serve on the 24-member board that oversees the National Science Foundation.
Two parents of Mexico students say superintendent lacks leadership and should resign
Amy Bernard of Rumford and Amanda Hamner of Mexico call for Deb Alden to step down from Regional School Unit 10.