LEWISTON — Since the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, school administrators are taking an even harder look at what can be done to ensure student safety, Lewiston-Auburn superintendents say. Lewiston City Councilor Michael Marcotte on Monday night asked Superintendent Bill Webster what is being done to protect students from a Parkland-like […]
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State seeks public input on dropping proficiency-based graduation standards
AUGUSTA — The public will get the chance to weigh in on a proposal to eliminate proficiency-based diplomas, state lawmakers said Tuesday. The idea, which surfaced as an amendment to a bill that would delay the diplomas a year, will be brought forward as its own bill so there can be a public hearing, said […]
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Scarborough superintendent tries to halt student voter registration drive
The Scarborough school superintendent took steps Thursday to halt a student voter registration drive at Scarborough High School that was meant to drum up support for recall petitions aimed at ousting three school board members. Superintendent Julie Kukenberger announced her effort in an email to the school community after about 30 seniors walked from the […]
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Record $10M gift will fund new building for UMaine’s growing engineering program
An anonymous donor has given $10 million to the University of Maine in Orono for a new engineering building, the largest gift ever by a living donor, university officials said Monday. The gift is from the family of a graduate of the engineering program at UMaine who has asked not to be identified at this […]
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Adults, it's your move, students say after historic walkouts
They bowed their heads in honor of the dead. They carried signs with messages like “Never again” and “Am I next?” They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message: Enough is enough. In a wave of protests one historian called the largest […]
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Snow postpones local student walkouts
Local student walkouts calling on tougher gun laws scheduled for March 14 — one month after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting — were postponed because a storm prompted another snow day. As students in some other Maine districts were forging ahead with protests in the snow, other districts were planning walkouts for Thursday or Friday. […]
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Snowstorm doesn’t stop all of the student walkouts in Maine
YARMOUTH (AP) — A snowstorm that dumped up to 2 feet of snow on Maine has forced postponements of many, but not all, student demonstrations demanding school safety. But more than 200 students gathered Wednesday outside Yarmouth High School to hold a moment of silence for the victims in Parkland, Florida, and to rally against […]
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Teacher trained in gun safety accidentally fires gun in California classroom
A teacher who is also a reserve police officer trained in firearm use accidentally discharged a gun Tuesday at Seaside High School in Monterey County, California, during a class devoted to public safety. A male student was reported to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The weapon, which was not described, was pointed at the ceiling, according […]
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Celeste quits SAD 17 school panel after he’s accused of racism
Under fire for alleged racism, the final straw for Robert Celeste came late last week when a van from a television station blocked his driveway in Harrison just as Celeste and his ailing wife were about to head out for a drive. As Celeste spoke with a reporter, his wife, Cecily, who is beginning to […]
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Bethel schools to add an hour to school days to make up for snow
BETHEL (AP) — A school district in Maine will lengthen the school day by an hour for the next month to make up for time lost because of snow days. David Murphy, superintendent of the Bethel-area school district, says Thursday was his district’s ninth school day of the year. WGME-TV reports his district includes four […]