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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March 14: Local students demand end to school shootings
AUBURN — Edward Little High School students Leah Burtchell and Miranda Chadbourne, both 15, have had it with students dying in school shootings. They and other students across Maine are joining forces with Parkland, Florida, high school students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, who are demanding stricter gun laws while also taking on the National […]
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Teachers, parents defend proficiency-based learning
LEWISTON — Supporters of the new student grading system urged the School Committee on Monday night to stay the course, despite opposition from some students, parents and teachers. Freshman Elena Clothier, 14, said this is her first year using proficiency-based learning and it benefits students. Students can redo assignments they failed until they have learned what […]
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Lewiston School Committee asked to roll back grading system
LEWISTON — More than 20 students, staff and parents aired their grievances about a new system of instruction, assessment, grading and academic reporting to the School Committee on Monday night. High school student Mackenzie Richard presented a petition signed by 259 high school students opposed to moving from a numerical grading system of 1 to 100 […]
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Smartphones and kids … a good mix?
With more teens feeling hopeless and suicidal, Maine schools, kids and parents struggle to deal with a technology that’s changed a generation. As principal of Oxford Elementary School, Tiffany Karnes has seen smartphone users start young. Like 7 years old young. “It would not be unusual to see a first- or second-grader who has a […]
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Lewiston: More state money to cover most of bigger school budget
LEWISTON — The city school budget for 2018-19 would increase nearly $10 million from this year, according to documents presented by Superintendent Bill Webster to the School Committee on Monday night. This year’s budget of $70.8 million would increase to about $80 million, according to the figures presented. Much of the increase would be covered […]
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'Implicit bias' topic of Black History Month forum
LEWISTON — A black basketball player wore Jordan sneakers for the game-day dress-up. A white player wore work books. Both Lewiston High School freshmen violated the dress-up rules: They were supposed to wear dress shoes. A white coach was pushing for the black player to be benched — but not the white player. The sneakers […]
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By the numbers
1,957: Number of students in Lewiston public schools who are African or African-American. 35.6: Percentage of total number of students. 1,080: Number of public school employees. 72: Number of black employees.* 4: Number of black teachers. 13: Number of black education technicians. *(May not be accurate because not all mark race/ethnicity on […]
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Face Time: Christopher Webb, teaching and leading
Christopher Webb is a Jobs for Maine Graduates specialist working with students at the Lewiston Middle School. Next year, he’ll become a second lieutenant in the Maine Army National Guard, thanks, in part, to those students. Name: Christopher Webb Age: 31 Lives: Lewiston What drew you into teaching? Former teachers and coaches I had in school. […]
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Merger, Gallant among area’s top 10 stories of 2017
Try describing 2017 in a concise way. We dare you. In Maine, as in the rest of the country, it was a year that started with a loud and often ugly political debate that never seemed to end. There were scandals of all kinds and tragedies almost too immense to bear. Locally, the idea to […]