AUBURN — The guest speaker at the next meeting of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club will be Auburn superintendent Katy Grondin. The event will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at the Village Inn, at 165 High St. Grondin is the Superintendent for the Auburn School Department. Her love for the Auburn community […]
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Rotarians to hear Auburn schools superintendent
AUBURN — Katherine Grondin, Auburn School Department superintendent, will address the L-A Rotary Lunch Club noon meeting on Thursday, March 8, at the Village Inn. Grondin’s love for the Auburn community began when her family moved to Maine in the summer of 1979. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1982 and attended the […]
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An unreasonable school policy
I write in response to the article about the Auburn School Department’s ruling about the planned student walkout at Edward Little High School. A vigil for an act of terrorism in which 17 students and teachers died is a “political demonstration,” and the School Department stated it doesn’t want to favor one position over another? […]
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Louise M. DiMaggio
LEWISTON — Louise M. DiMaggio, 84, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side Tuesday, Nov. 21. She was born in Boston on July 10, 1933, the daughter of the late Redmond and Louise (Higgins) Alward. Louise would tell anyone that the most important thing in her life were her six children. She was […]
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Auburn seeks solution to school subsidy confusion
AUBURN — Confusion over the $1.2 million in additional state subsidy received by the Auburn School Department this summer could result in a few extra dollars for taxpayers. During a workshop Monday, Sept. 11, city and school officials hope to find an easy solution to disburse $128,755 to Auburn residents after it was not reflected […]
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'Fear Factor' winner at Food for Thought
LEWISTON — Tanya Vanesse, a computer technician for the Auburn School Department, will present “My Fear Factor Live Reality TV Experience” at the Lewiston-Auburn Senior College’s Food for Thought session Friday, March 10. She will discuss her appearance in the studio version of Fear Factor Live at Universal Studios, in which daily theme park guests become […]
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System has failed the teachers
During the Auburn School Committee meeting April 6, a number of teachers from across all grade levels took the floor to address the Superintendent, the School Committee and the audience. Those educators spoke to both their years of experience and their dedication to student learning. Why have 17 teachers left Auburn Middle School since the […]
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More money for a failed system
This is in response to a Sun Journal story (March 31) about the proposed Auburn School Department budget. The public hearing was a well-rehearsed puppet show, starring an 11-year-old who begged officials to keep a librarian on staff. Not a science teacher or an industrial arts teacher. No, a librarian. My phone showed me a […]
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R. Hansen: Reality has caught up
This is in response to Robert Sevigny’s attack on the Auburn School Department (April 23). A decade ago, the city budget was 40 percent of the municipal tax levy while the Auburn School Department’s was 60 percent. Today, those percentages are virtually reversed. The average price to educate students in the latest statistics available (2013-2014) […]