‘Growing up in a small community taught me the importance of helping others and wanting to see people thrive,’ said Mason Labonte, a student at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay.
Schools & Education
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Maine schools warn families of ‘nihilistic violent extremist’ groups targeting kids online
Administrators are acting on information from the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency, which was alerted to the groups’ existence by the FBI about a week ago.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, Schools & Education
Maine’s K-12 schools report record high immunization levels
Vaccine coverage has reached ‘more than 97%’ in Maine’s K-12 schools, achieving ‘herd immunity.’
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Trump administration plans to abolish TRIO college access programs; Collins wants to save them
Sen. Susan Collins and others in Congress are trying to save the programs that open doors to higher education, while the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed budget for 2026 would eliminate all federal funding to keep them going.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Another Maine school may change gender policy to match Trump’s
Turner-area Maine School Administrative District 52 directors voted last week to ask its lawyer about the legalities around only recognizing the gender a student is assigned at birth.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Bill to support later high school start times passes in House, Senate
The measure, which originally mandated a statewide 8:30 a.m. or later high school start time, was amended to create funding for districts to pilot a later start time.
Posted inMaine, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen
Oh Bubba!
BETHEL — It’s 5:30 a.m. inside the Bethel bus garage, and the laughter is already flowing. Brenda “Bubba” Blaisdell has been the life of this party since 1974, when she first started driving for the SAD 44 district. “Wild,” is how one fellow driver describes Bubba. “It’s really quiet and there isn’t a lot of […]
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Oxford Hills tech students receive graduation credits for core academic subjects
MSAD 17 directors accepted a recommendation from its Curriculum Committee to adopt the new policy for students taking classes in five disciplines.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, Schools & Education
RSU 73 to get second legal opinion on federal sex discrimination policies
Directors voted 8 to 5 to get a second legal opinion on district policies related to Title IX.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Maine’s only medical school to expand in new home
The University of New England medical school will be moving from Biddeford into a new, $90 million building in Portland.