AUBURN — For the second year in a row, Washburn Elementary School got a grade of F on its Maine Department of Education report card. “It’s extremely unfortunate,” Principal Holly Couturier said Wednesday. “It’s not accurate. It does not give a picture of the great things going on in this school. This is so not […]
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Webster: LHS receives D grade on state report card; Longley, Montello get Fs
Lewiston High School, D; Lewiston Middle School, D; Farwell Elementary, C; Geiger Elementary, C; McMahon Elementary, C; Montello Elementary, F; and Longley Elementary, F. Webster said that the grades must be improved, but that tests taken a year ago “do not reflect today’s hard work.” Additionally, Webster said Lewiston High School just missed getting a […]
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Lewiston voters approve school budget
LEWISTON — Voters on Tuesday approved a $61.17 million budget for the School Department. The vote was 333-255. Turnout was light — 2.4 percent of the city’s 24,000 registered voters — but steady, City Clerk Kathy Montejo said from the Longley Elementary School gymnasium. “It’s going well. It’s busier than last year,” she said. She […]
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16 county teachers of the year named
AUGUSTA — On National Teacher Appreciation Day, three regional teachers were among 16 statewide named Teacher of the Year for their county during a State House ceremony. The Tuesday ceremony was part of an expanded Maine Teacher of the Year program, in which top teachers are named for each county. From that group of 16, […]
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UMaine trustees approve budget that delays $13.3 million in cuts
BANGOR — Eight members of the University of Maine System trustees’ financial committee unanimously approved a proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 on Monday, even though the plan falls far short of resolving a $36 million shortfall. The proposal accounts for only $22.7 million of the budget shortfall that the seven campuses have been working […]
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A. Roundy: Scoring method is invalid
We live in Lewiston and currently have four children in school — two in the high school, one in elementary school and one child in college who graduated from LHS. During the past couple of years, I have started to pay closer attention to the rubric grading happening in the school system. What is that? […]
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Denied virtual charter school gets another chance to make its case
PORTLAND — Backers of a virtual charter school rejected by Maine officials are hoping for a second chance. The Maine Charter School Commission will decide Tuesday whether to consider an appeal from Maine Virtual Academy, which was rejected March 3. The commission voted 4-3 in favor of the school, but five votes are needed for […]
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Songwriter’s foundation donates $3 million to MECA
PORTLAND — The Maine College of Art has received a $3 million gift from a foundation named for the co-writer of some of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ biggest hits. The donation from the Bob Crewe Foundation is the largest monetary gift in the Portland school’s history. College President Don Tuski tells the Portland […]
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Report: 4 in 5 U.S. high school students graduate
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks away without a diploma. Citing the progress, researchers are projecting a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020. Their report, based on Education Department statistics from 2012, was being […]
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Lewiston names new ELL director
LEWISTON — A teachers’ coach at Longley and Farwell elementary schools has been named the new director of the English Language Learner program in Lewiston. Hilary Barber will oversee instruction of the city’s 1,197 students who are learning English. That number comprises about 20 percent of Lewiston students, who speak a total of 20 languages; […]