PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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‘One size does not fit all’: LePage lauds state’s first virtual school
SOUTH PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday celebrated the opening of the state’s first virtual charter school, saying Maine Connections Academy represents a new opportunity to reach students for whom traditional schools don’t work. He also used the forum to criticize traditional public school systems in the state, saying they’re “about the money” and […]
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Lewiston committee to vote on virtual school Monday
LEWISTON — The local School Committee is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal to create an online high school. Superintendent Bill Webster said he had reservations about lessons being offered exclusively online, but he’d rather a student attend a Lewiston virtual school than the district pay thousands of dollars to a charter school. Webster […]
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Maine’s first virtual school to hold informational in Lewiston next month
Maine Connections Academy, a virtual charter school for students in grades seven through 12, is holding several informational workshops this month and next for Maine parents and students interested in a nontraditional middle school and high school environment. The publicly funded school will be capped at 297 students, according to its website. Students enrolled with […]
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Maine’s first virtual charter school needs 200 more applications to open
FALMOUTH — The first virtual charter school authorized by the Maine Charter Commission is on schedule to open in 2014-15, though it needs to receive almost 200 more applications by August, according to an organizer of the school. Maine Connections Academy has received just over 50 intent-to-enroll applications, according to the school’s board chairwoman, Rep. […]