AUBURN — An anonymous $75,000 gift to St. Dominic Academy could help bolster the school’s music program or pay for student scholarships. In a written statement, Principal Donald Fournier said the donor was not a grandparent or parent of any past or present Saint Dominic Academy student, nor was the donor a former student. “The donor believes […]
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Lewiston High School principal leaving to head Lee Academy
LEWISTON — Gus LeBlanc, Lewiston High School principal since 2006, is leaving to become headmaster at Lee Academy in September. There’s a big difference between the two schools. Lewiston High is a public school with nearly 1,300 students, one of the largest high schools in Maine. Lee Academy is a private school with 270 students […]
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Maine schools told they overbilled Medicaid
AUGUSTA (AP) — More than two dozen Maine school systems have been told that they’ve overbilled Medicaid for speech therapy and other services provided to low-income students with disabilities. The Kennebec Journal reports that the state Department of Health and Human Services has notified districts about improper billing that could cost some of them hundreds […]
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Maine DHHS says schools overbilled Medicaid
AUGUSTA — More than two dozen Maine school systems have been told that they’ve overbilled Medicaid for speech therapy and other services provided to low-income students with disabilities. The Kennebec Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1859qgv) that the state Department of Health and Human Services has notified districts about improper billing that could cost some of them hundreds […]
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R. Sabine: Teach the children to read
Today’s schoolchildren can’t read. Most people would prefer not to know that, but like unpleasant engine noises, it shouldn’t be ignored. Less than half the high school juniors are proficient in critical reading and half of high school graduates who enter community college need remedial courses. A generation or more ago, that wasn’t a problem, […]
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Portland school officials say military recruiters are allowed
PORTLAND — Portland Public Schools officials are disputing a claim by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that the city’s high schools limit uniformed military recruiters’ access to students. Officials said Monday that the district’s four high schools allow uniformed military recruiters to speak with students. Portland High School Principal Deborah Migneault says in a statement that […]
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Maine Guard builds schools in El Salvador
LEWISTON — The happy faces of the Salvadoran children as they explored their new schools and bathrooms with running water, which the 136th Engineer Company helped build, was reward enough for the Maine unit’s commander. “It was pretty amazing to see the children when they took over the schools,” Capt. Steven Morin, who led two […]
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Uniform access for all education, career recruiters
Late Tuesday, the House rejected a bill that would require Maine’s schools to grant uniformed military recruiters the same access and opportunity to meet with secondary students as are provided to other postsecondary and career recruiters. Key word? “Uniformed.” The measure required 101 votes to pass as a mandate but failed 96 to 45, just […]
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Maine House rejects bill allowing extra school funds to be spent without a vote.
AUGUSTA — A bill to allow Maine’s cities and towns to redo their schools’ budgets to spend unexpected state funds without voter approval has failed in the Maine House. The Democratic-controlled House voted 97-54 Tuesday. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote because it would take effect immediately. With the late passage of the $6.3 […]
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Naples schools locked down Tuesday after ‘concerning’ Facebook post
NAPLES — WMTW reported that Lake Region High School and Lake Region Middle School were on lockdown Tuesday morning after receiving what the school district described in a note to parents as a Facebook message that created “possible concern of the safety to our (high) school.” Officials at Regional School Unit 61 were apparently notified […]