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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Winthrop school board raises substitute ed tech pay by $30 a day to attract workers
The move to match the $130-a-day rate substitute teachers are paid makes Winthrop Public Schools among the highest-paying district in the Augusta area for substitute education technicians.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2022
App outage at fault when alert system failed to notify Readfield area parents of cancellations, superintendent says
Regional School Unit 38 Superintendent Jay Charette says he realized the system was not working, so he alerted parents through email within an hour after a threatening text message prompted cancellation of a Halloween event Sunday night and classes Monday.
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PublishedJune 7, 2022
Maranacook students express their excitement as 98 graduate
The graduation took place at the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday.
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PublishedApril 19, 2022
Readfield-area school budget will increase by 5%, but taxpayers could spend up to 7% more than last year
The school district worked over three months to cut the budget down from a proposed 10% increase to lessen the impact on taxpayers.
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PublishedApril 12, 2022
Samantha Smith’s peace-seeking letter to Soviet Union endures as lesson for children to ask questions about world events
As the 40th anniversary of the Manchester girl's famous letter approaches this November, her message for world peace is more relevant than ever.
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PublishedApril 4, 2022
Maranacook Community High School to remain remote Tuesday as COVID-19 spike continues
Superintendent: We will make day-to-day decisions on when to resume in-person learning.
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PublishedApril 2, 2022
Central Maine school districts turning to emerging bus scanning technology to address safety, driver shortages
The technology was originally installed during the pandemic to help with contact-tracing, but officials are now looking at the devices as a way of improving efficiency and safety for students.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2022
Readfield-area high school to go remote due to staff shortages from uptick in COVID-19 cases
School officials can't figure out what caused the spike, and so far only Maranacook Community High School has been impacted.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2022
Readfield-area students gain cool experience with Maine history through ice harvesting
Maranacook Community Middle School teacher Dan Holman has tried for years to make ice harvesting happen for his students and has never seen a public school have an opportunity like the students did on Wednesday.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2022
Readfield-area schools back in session after going remote due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases and low staffing due to illness
Superintendent Jay Charette wants to "make it clear" it was due to the combination of the high number of COVID-19 cases reported in the district and the high staff absentee rate.
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