If it’s approved by the full Legislature, independent voters will be allowed to vote in a political party’s primary during each election cycle without having to enroll in that party.
education funding
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News
Central and western Maine schools lose state money as COVID-19 cuts enrollment
More parents home-schooled during the coronavirus pandemic this year. Fewer students meant fewer state dollars for local education.
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Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Oak Grove School Foundation in Vassalboro looks to survive with innovative idea
To get around the issue of no bathrooms or water for events at the chapel, officials hope to build a caretaker’s cottage to provide those necessities.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine schools receive additional $164 million in federal relief
The money builds on $165 million districts received for pandemic-related expenses in July, but must be used by the end of December, according to federal requirements.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
McDonald’s helps local employee earn diploma
The Napoli Group of New Hampshire owns 10 McDonald’s restaurants in Maine, including Jay, Rumford and Farmington, and 51 more in New Hampshire and Vermont. Since 2015 the company has distributed scholarship funds to employees exceeding $1 million. The Napoli Group has also donated $6,000 to W.G. Mallett School in Farmington and funds other community and civic initiatives. Jay employee Abigayle DePalma just received her diploma through McDonald’s Career Online High School.
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Better education funding formula needed
This is in response to Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau’s guest column (Sept. 30), “Education funding highlight of 128th Legislature.” That guest column stated that “the Legislature met its obligation to provide 55 percent of funding for the state’s public schools.” That is a very misleading statement. Not all schools receive that percentage to offset […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Education funding highlight of 128th Legislature
The 128th Legislature has finally adjourned. History will soon forget the challenges, drama, dysfunction and battles of this Legislature. There were several significant challenges to consider this session, but none more important than funding Maine’s public schools. It is here that we find probably the crowning achievement of the 128th Legislature. As much as Democrats […]
Posted inLetters
Society facing hurdles
I have a friend, a divorced mother of three young children. She had no marketable skills and was on welfare. Paying for child care would have taken half the money she could have earned. Add costs for transportation, car, insurance, even clothes in order to be able to work — she was stuck. I wonder […]
Posted inLetters
Invest in the people of Maine
The state Legislature is in the final weeks of crafting a state budget. I hope legislators will come together for the benefit of all Mainers. I believe Maine’s state senators and representatives are good people who reflect the values of this state. Would they help a neighbor, perhaps a single mother whose car has broken […]