Tuesday’s ballot asks Lewiston voters if they want city schools to join a regional service center. LEWISTON — Lewiston voters will be asked Tuesday if they want city schools to join a regional service center to improve efficiency and protect state education money. In his recent monthly report, Superintendent Bill Webster explained that a regional […]
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Former Lewiston school board member paid for robocalls opposing budget
LEWISTON — A former Lewiston School Committee member hired a company to make robocalls to voters Monday night urging them to vote against the school budget Tuesday, according to City Clerk Kathy Montejo. The calls were initiated by Benjamin Martin, Montejo said. Martin did not run for re-election last year. Montejo said Martin called her […]
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Maine students to be required to get meningitis vaccine
Maine middle and high school students will have to be vaccinated for meningitis starting in the 2018-19 school year. The new rule will apply to students entering seventh grade and 12th grade, for whom vaccination was previously recommended but not required. Bacterial meningitis is a rare but potentially deadly disease in which the membranes surrounding […]
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Scarborough schools shaken by an administrative cage fight
SCARBOROUGH — The turmoil erupted in February, when the well-liked high school principal suddenly resigned, then claimed he had been coerced by the superintendent and decided to fight for his job. Students, parents and teachers rose up in protest, organizing a campaign to keep the principal, remove three school board members and force the relatively […]
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RSU 9 continues review of proposed $35.3 million budget
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at Mt. Blue Campus to begin deliberations for a budget for 2018-19. The board continued its review Tuesday of a proposed $35.3 million spending plan but did not make any decisions. The budget is about $1.7 million more than this […]
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Lewiston School Board sends $82.9 million budget to City Council
LEWISTON — The School Committee unanimously approved an $82.9 million budget for 2018-19 Monday night. The overall spending plan is up 11.7 percent from this fiscal year, in part because of Connors Elementary School, which is under construction. The state is paying for the school, but that payment adds to the overall budget. Without the […]
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RSU 73 voters send $18.8 million budget to referendum
JAY — Nearly 40 residents of Regional School Unit 73 approved warrant articles for the 2018-19 budget Thursday night. The $18.8 million spending plan will be finalized in a validation referendum April 24 at polling stations in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls. Superintendent Kenneth Healey said the budget is $749,907 more than this fiscal year, […]
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Lisbon schools' principals discuss differing intervention responses
LISBON — School principals presented information to the School Committee on Monday evening about programs that provide extra help to students. At Lisbon Community School, students have 30 minutes each day for additional support on specific topics. “The response to intervention rounds are up to seven weeks long,” Principal Robert Kahler said. “And the teachers keep […]
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Celeste quits SAD 17 school panel after he’s accused of racism
Under fire for alleged racism, the final straw for Robert Celeste came late last week when a van from a television station blocked his driveway in Harrison just as Celeste and his ailing wife were about to head out for a drive. As Celeste spoke with a reporter, his wife, Cecily, who is beginning to […]
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Are school threats the new normal in Maine?
It was fewer than 48 hours after the mass shooting at a Florida high school when officials in Topsham received word of a threat of gun violence against the high school there. No sooner had they cleared Mt. Ararat High when another threat was received against a nearby elementary school. Under normal circumstances, a single […]