AUBURN — Should Auburn students learn to keyboard, and should Auburn schools expanded summer learning were subjects School Committee members did not agree on Wednesday night. Members voted 5-2 to adopt several goals, but not the above two. They agreed on supporting the implementation of customized learning, negotiating contracts in a reasonable time frame, and […]
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New Lewiston school could get state funding this year
LEWISTON — Acting Education Commissioner Jim Rier said Wednesday that construction money for a new Martel Elementary School in Lewiston could be approved this year, but he cautioned: “We’ve not made a commitment to do that.” Moving more school construction projects toward approval for state funding is a priority, Rier said. The top six projects […]
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Education leaders support Rier as next commissioner
AUGUSTA — Lewiston and Auburn officials heaped praise on Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination for state education commissioner, Jim Rier of Topsham, after he came one step closer to the job Wednesday. Supporters said Rier knows Maine education, is fair and has integrity. Rier has a reputation for his command of education funding. The Maine State […]
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Bill would help towns withdraw from Regional School Units
AUGUSTA — A bill that would ease the requirements for municipalities that want to pull out of their regional school units is headed to the Legislature with a unanimous show of support from the Education Committee. LD 783, An Act to Change the Voting Requirements for the Withdrawal of a Municipality from a Regional School […]
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Auburn eighth-graders become history writers, teachers
AUBURN — Nathan Couillard taught the beginnings of baseball gloves, the red Radio Flyer wagon, Crayola crayons, the Kewpie Doll, Hot Wheels, Nerf ball, Xbox and Mr. Potato Head. Eighth-grader Kelzie Caron read her book about how and when McDonald’s, Burger King and Arby’s opened. Jacob Lupher wrote about a boy going back in time […]
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Auburn School Committee works on team building
AUBURN — Lawrence Pelletier was recently approached by a resident of Auburn. That resident was unhappy about a recent vote and suggested that School Committee members had made up their minds about the issue and then stubbornly refused to be swayed. “And that,” Pelletier said Wednesday night, “just ticked me off.” It was an odd […]
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LePage names Jim Rier to lead Department of Education
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday that he has selected Jim Rier as his nominee for commissioner of the Department of Education. Rier, who has worked in the department for 10 years and who was appointed acting commissioner by LePage in October of last year, has been overseeing the department since former Commissioner Stephen […]
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Like in Auburn, school districts spending more time ‘educating’ taxpayers
AUBURN — As part of a resolve to do a better job communicating with citizens, a new cable television show begins Tuesday, Dec. 31, to show what’s going on in Auburn schools. The first episode of “Glimpse into the Auburn School Department,” which will air Tuesdays in January, will begin with two airings, 11 a.m. […]
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$10K gift allows St. Dom’s to buy iPads
AUBURN — A surprise donation a few days before Christmas is allowing Saint Dominic Academy to buy iPad mini tablet computers for students in elementary classes, Principal Donald Fournier said Thursday. On Dec. 20, a husband and wife came to see Fournier, expressing their wish to give the school $10,000 to be used for a specific […]
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From apprenticeships to vocational schools, technical education has come a long way
OXFORD — Vocational education is strong and growing in the Oxford Hills, Oxford Hills Technical High School Principal Shawn Lambert recently told the SAD 17 Board of Directors. From pre-engineering courses, to fashion design, forestry and early childhood education, the high school serves hundreds of the more than 1,100 students who attend the Oxford Hills […]