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School Committee chairman says Auburn teachers have wrong info
AUBURN — Tom Kendall, chairman of the School Committee, said Thursday that many of the complaints or statements from teachers to the committee Wednesday night “were not entirely factual nor based on complete information.” Teachers filled the meeting room at Auburn Hall on Wednesday night to voice concerns about their working conditions, lack of […]
Survey: Auburn teachers don’t feel appreciated
AUBURN — When it comes to education changes, a recent survey of Auburn teachers shows a majority of those responding think the School Department is heading in the wrong direction. Also, 71 percent said they don’t believe the administration understands and appreciates the work they do every day. Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin and School Committee […]
Retired teacher uses autographed ties to excite students about reading
LEWISTON — Mike Parker, father of one, doesn’t need a new tie for Father’s Day. Parker, 65, who retired last year after 42 years as an elementary school teacher, has a unique collection of ties, featuring hand-drawn characters of well-known, award-winning children’s books — along with each author’s autograph. One of his ties features “Clifford […]
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 […]
Rumford special education teacher to retire
RUMFORD — Longtime special education teacher Vicki Broomhall Amoroso has decided it’s time to retire and get on with more of her many interests. Amoroso, 64, a Rumford native, began her 38-year career teaching for a year in Bangor before coming to Rumford. “I love Maine and this part of the state,” she said. Her […]
Retirement incentive offered to RSU 10 teachers
MEXICO — The Regional School Unit 10 board took one step at Monday night’s meeting to potentially cut costs as they develop the 2015-16 budget, and discussed several other steps. The board unanimously approved offering a retirement incentive for teachers who have reached the age and experience of eligibility. Superintendent Craig King did not say […]
People You Know: Jennifer Gaylord — Her job is disaster
LEWISTON — Moving back to Maine hadn’t been a good thing. After a divorce in 2007, Jennifer Gaylord said she returned to her home state to be closer to family — but inside, it felt like “the end of the world. Life as we knew it was over.” It was — but it got better. […]
Community forum on proposed RSU 15’s $7.34 million bond facing voters
NEW GLOUCESTER — A line of three dozen RSU 15 teachers bearing picket signs protesting having to work without a contract flanked the front of Memorial School on Monday to greet residents attending the first of three community forums by the school board on an upcoming $7.36 million referendum vote. The 11-member school board planned […]
Mt. View softball coach charged with sex assault on student
BELFAST (AP) — A teacher at the Waldo County Technical Center who also coaches softball at an area high school has been charged with sexually assaulting a student. Police allege that 46-year-old Michael Gagnon, of Winslow, an automotive technology instructor at the career training school, assaulted the 17-year-old Belfast High School student when he took […]