Since the last big debate about trans rights, private, gender-neutral bathrooms have proliferated at restaurants, schools and workplaces.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Oak Hill school district voters decide to close Sabattus Primary School
The Regional School Unit 4 school was slated for closure in 2012.
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Posted inLocal News, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Western Foothills school district working to pare down proposed 2025-26 budget
RUMFORD — While no vote has been taken yet by the RSU 10 school board, cuts on the proposed 2025-2026 budget have whittled the increase to 6.8%, a figure presented by Business Manager Leah Kaulback at the March 31 workshop at Mountain Valley High School. The goal when the board began making cuts was for […]
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine superintendents support changes to transgender sports policies
LD 1337 would align the Maine Human Rights Act with President Trump’s executive order that bars transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Maine parents, health care workers again spar over bills to roll back vaccine requirements in schools
Two bills being considered by the Legislature’s Education Committee would restore religious exemptions for school vaccinations and roll back school immunization requirements broadly.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Cuts to federal food program put local farms, schools in a bind
The Trump administration is ending a program that helped districts and producers bring local food to Maine students.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
USDA freeze impacting school nutrition staff, other grants
A Wednesday letter announcing the freeze said it would not impact federal feeding programs, but Maine DOE says it is unable to access funds for the staff who operate those programs.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
New memo gives Maine schools 10 days to remove DEI programming or lose federal money
The letter from the US Department of Education was sent to every state’s K-12 education leaders asking them to sign a letter confirming compliance with a federal interpretation of Title VI and the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ruling.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen
Region 9 buildings still closed due to inadequate water supply
The welding building and culinary arts buildings were completed in January.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools & Education
USDA freezes funds to Maine education, citing Title IX violations
The agency will freeze an unknown amount of money for ‘administrative and technological functions’ in schools but will not pause federal food programs or direct assistance for Mainers.