Janiellys Maldonado, left, shows her friends Layla Poirier and Danika Rawls her new books Monday morning after selecting them at Washburn Elementary School’s third annual book giveaway. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Washburn Elementary School students Mahaleigh Kimball, left, and Lucy LaBelle, right, select books Monday morning to take home for the summer during the school’s third annual […]
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Auburn fourth-graders offered yoga classes
AUBURN — Yoga lessons for fourth-graders at Walton Elementary School are helping students learn and be calm, teachers and students say. On a recent day a room full of fourth-graders followed teacher Jayne Bilodeau’s yoga movements. “Let your head hang. Shake your head,” Bilodeau said as students shook their heads, their bodies were folded over. […]
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Friday is 'Community Day' for EL students
AUBURN — If you notice a lot of Edward Little High School students out and about Friday, they’re not skipping school. Friday is the fourth annual Community Day for the high school, when students leave their classrooms and spend the day giving back. More than 700 students in grades 9 through 11 will participate, Assistant […]
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Auburn task force wants more parental input on proficiency-based learning
AUBURN — The task force formed to look into concerns about proficiency-based learning met for the first time Tuesday and has asked for more feedback from parents. Shelly Mogul, curriculum director for the Auburn School Department, said the department so far has received 350 responses from parents who have completed surveys seeking their input on proficiency-based […]
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Auburn: School board approves budget after reducing new positions
AUBURN — The School Committee approved a budget Wednesday that reduces its impact on property taxes. The vote came two days after three members of the City Council requested that school spending not require an increase to local taxes. [RELATED COVERAGE: Auburn mayor stands by school budget cut request] The budget now faces a City Council […]
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Proficiency-based learning: State mandate stirs up parents, teachers, students
AUBURN — A state law now under scrutiny in the Legislature that requires a new way of granting high school diplomas worries Auburn mother Barbara Howaniec, who has seen her two high-achieving children struggle under the new system. “I have two very bright kids who are very unmotivated right now,” said Howaniec, who has children […]
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Lower health costs means more money in Auburn school budget
AUBURN — The School Committee learned Wednesday night that health insurance costs for school staff will be about $400,000 less than expected in 2018-19. The increase will be 1.2 percent, not 9 percent as projected. School Committee members will decide how to handle the savings as they work on a proposed $44.1 million budget for […]
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Auburn schools offering pre-K registrations
AUBURN — The School Department is holding open enrollment for pre-kindergarten programs, according to an announcement Wednesday. The free pre-K program is for Auburn children who will be 4 years old on or before Oct. 15. It is offered in neighborhood elementary schools. Typical days are two and a half hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays […]
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Auburn assistant principal 'deeply sorry'
AUBURN — Auburn Middle School Assistant Principal Kevin Shaw was convicted of operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident last month. He says he’s “deeply sorry” and apologizes to the community “for letting everyone down.” Shaw, 48, of Minot, said he takes responsibility for his actions. “Drinking and driving is never […]
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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 […]