The Healthy Meals Incentive Grant has provided the nutrition staff at Mountain Valley High School and Buckfield Junior-Senior High School with multiple resources.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
Winthrop electric buses sidelined after recall
The decision to take the buses out of commission for a two-week test period after the recall was made by Interim Superintendent Becky Foley.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Auburn School Committee sets 2025 schedule for budget, address overcrowded bus concerns
The timeline for developing the 2025-26 fiscal year budget runs from this month to June 2025.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
SAD 17 budget validation meeting Thursday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
The third budget proposal is for $50.43 million — a total overall reduction of close to $1.18 million from the original proposal last June.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Poland-area school district voters pass budget on third try
Voters in the three-town Regional School Unit 16 approved the $28.4 million budget 741-588 Tuesday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Schools & Education
Naloxone training coming to Lewiston schools next week, Auburn soon
Mandated by a new state law, public schools now offer training for students in secondary education to teach them how to administer the overdose antidote, even if the students choose not to take part.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Andover Elementary School students learn gardening, homesteading skills
With $3,000 grant money from a Whole Kids Garden Grant, four Andover Elementary School staff members and community volunteers are creating a garden project and mini homestead at the school to teach their 22 prekindergarten through fifth grade students gardening and homesteading skills.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
UMaine System staff speak out against low wages at legislative hearing
University of Maine System employees interrupted a legislative hearing on Tuesday to express their financial discomfort from what they consider low wages.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Oxford Hills school construction committees diverge, advance individually
The options Oxford residents face for building a new elementary school do not feel like options to Maine’s geographically largest school district.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen
West Paris shock: Agnes Gray boarded up
West Paris residents were shocked to find their beloved 130-year-old elementary school, Agnes Gray, boarded up as part of securing it for the coming winter. The school was abruptly closed in February when a building inspection listing numerous life safety and maintenance issues was released. Lisa McCann / Advertiser Democrat WEST PARIS — Local residents […]