Did any of the Auburn city officials learn to subtract in school? Four decades of population decline in Auburn; less and less students, year after year; yet in 2013 it took three times for voters to approve an honest School Department budget. Department officials cannot make a cut anywhere and the department sprints to the […]
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School budget frustrating for Auburn mayor, school officials
AUBURN — Mayor Jonathan LaBonte’s penchant for redesigning government bumped up against school officials’ frustrations with state-enforced budgets during a special joint meeting Thursday night. LaBonte suggested now might be a good time to consider putting all youth-related matters — from library to recreation — under the School Department’s control. His ideas were not received […]
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R. Nadeau: Good direction for schools
Auburn’s School Department should be commended for taking a stance for allowing students a chance to receive an associate degree after six years in high school. Such a plan was Gov. Paul LePage’s campaign promise of 2010. Maine’s voters passed a referendum to have the state fund education at 55 percent. The Legislature has never […]
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T. Mogul: Say goodbye to Auburn education
There’s a lot I don’t understand, but Auburn has me dumbfounded. Average Joe Citizen has no idea what it takes to deliver a meaningful, quality education that reaches all students, regardless of student’s level of comprehension. We are way past the single room schoolhouse with the school matron who was the fountain from which all […]
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K. Grondin: Budget deserves support
On July 23, the citizens of Auburn will be voting a second time to validate a revised Auburn School Department budget, which has been endorsed by the School Committee and the City Council. The Auburn School Department believes this budget deserves the public’s support of the funding needed to educate more than 3,600 students. The […]