LEWISTON – The school budget for 2015-16 has been approved by the School Committee and the City Council. Now it goes to voters. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Longley Elementary School gym. The proposed budget is $64.7 million. Most of that, $45 million, comes from the state; […]
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Turner voters OK spending for rescue service, longer Town Office hours
Editor’s note: This story was corrected and updated after the original ran on April 14. TURNER — More than 100 residents at town meeting Saturday approved a budget that will boost the rescue operations and keep the Town Office open five days a week. The municipal budget approved by 111 residents at Boofy Quimby Memorial […]
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Emily Talmage: Assessment tests won’t improve quality of education
As a teacher of 20 vibrant, curious and, yes, often challenging fourth graders at Montello Elementary School in Lewiston, I constantly search for ways to improve my students’ learning experiences and to understand what will best help them succeed. So, like many teachers around the state, as I began hearing about the new Smarter Balanced […]
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New law directs Maine schools to hold lockdown drills
AUGUSTA — Schools will have to hold lockdown drills under a new Maine law. Democratic Sen. Nate Libby’s bill went into law last week without Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s signature. It directs the Maine Department of Education to rewrite it rules to require schools to hold lockdown drills in addition to fire and other emergency […]
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Big school in Lewiston will deliver smaller classes
LEWISTON — In Lindsay Putney’s crowded kindergarten room Thursday at Farwell Elementary School, her 25 students worked on art. Experts say 25 kindergarten students in one class is too many. State regulations call for kindergarten classes to be no more than 20 students per teacher. A growing student population has created overcrowded schools with classes […]
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Bill to keep younger students in school gets committee approval
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Education Committee on Tuesday agreed to change the state’s truancy laws in an effort to help school districts improve attendance for students under the age of 7. The bill, LD 311, offered by state Sen. Nathan Libby, D-Lewiston, was meant to address concerns from Lewiston Schools Superintendent Bill Webster […]
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Auburn council plans to stick to 1.8 percent budget increase
AUBURN — Councilors signaled Monday night that they plan to keep city budgets on a tight line, limiting both municipal and school spending to a strict 1.8 percent increase. Councilors heard budget presentations from both School Superintendent Katy Grondin and acting City Manager Howard Kroll at a special workshop meeting Monday night. Kroll’s budget called […]
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Dixfield community meeting today
DIXFIELD — A Dirigo Community Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Dirigo High School cafeteria on Weld Street. All community members are invited to discuss the future of the Dirigo school system.
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LePage defends tax proposals in Auburn
AUBURN — Gov. Paul LePage pitched his plan to reform Maine’s tax system and realign the state’s spending priorities in a “town hall” forum at Edward Little High School on Wednesday. LePage announced he intends to put a statewide ballot measure before voters in 2016 that would ask them to amend the Maine Constitution to […]
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Auburn budget meeting time changed
AUBURN — The Auburn School Committee has rescheduled when they’ll take up revenue projections for the upcoming school budget. Because Gov. Paul LePage is holding a town workshop from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at Edward Little High School, the budget workshop will be moved to later that night. The committee’s regular meeting […]