Nomination papers have been taken out for many seats, but there are also noticeable holes remaining.
Auburn School Committee
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Belknap elected to Auburn School Committee in Ward 4
Belknap ran unopposed for the Ward 4 seat during a special election held April 23, following the resignation of Jenna Scrivner.
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Edward Little High School ballot still undecided; workshop continues Wednesday
The Auburn City Council and the School Committee will continue debate on whether to present the $120.42 million project to voters in one or two questions.
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There is a lack of trust in Auburn
The lack of humility is surprising. Nay. Astonishing. The day after Auburn voters soundly rejected a school budget for a second time, the Auburn School Committee met to map where to go from here. Committee Chairman Tom Kendall laid the blame squarely on the voters, on their lack of understanding of how their votes will […]
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Proficiency-based learning in Auburn: Grades 7-12 may return to traditional grading
AUBURN — This fall, grades 7-12 in Auburn might be returning to the traditional 0-100 grading system, according to how the majority of a task force was leaning Tuesday. At the Proficiency-Based Learning Task Force’s second-to-last scheduled meeting, most of its 18 members gave thumbs-up to ditching the 1-4 scoring now used for grades 7-9. Three […]
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Auburn council wants school budget cut
AUBURN — Mayor Jason Levesque used a close straw vote on Monday to direct the School Committee to reduce its proposed fiscal 2018-19 budget. The decision came during a budget workshop between city and school officials in which City Manager Peter Crichton and Superintendent of Schools Katy Grondin presented their respective budgets. A number of […]
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Auburn school officials talk safety
AUBURN — With high school students preparing to walk out of class in response to the Feb. 14 shootings in Florida, school administrators have been busy preparing. Auburn school officials plan to address the matter of school safety at their regular committee meeting next week. Meanwhile, Auburn School Superintendent Katy Grondin said Wednesday night she […]
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An outrageous decision
I would like a new deck and a new dealer. How does the Auburn School Department and School Committee possibly think that boasting that Auburn has teachers who need to be trained is going to attract new families to the area; or businesses, for that matter? The whole early-release business just turns uninstructed teenagers loose […]
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Grades 7-12: Auburn to consider monthly early release
AUBURN — The Auburn School Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether Auburn Middle School and Edward Little High School students should be released two hours early one Wednesday a month. The early release is the recommendation of a study group that examined how to balance parent protests of less student class time with […]
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Respected and respectful
If asked to name one of the most respected and respectful members of the Edward Little High School staff in recent years, the unanimous answer would be Pat Gautier. Her integrity, her knowledge and her dedication to the Auburn school system and its students is well known. Recently retired, Gautier was not only the librarian […]