Schools and Education
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Culinary crash course aims to feed need for Maine restaurant workers
HospitalityMaine has teamed up with York County Community College to offer the New Cook Bootcamp.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
RSU 73 directors updated on grant funding, students’ worsening behavior on buses
Norma Jackman, the district's director of transportation, said two parents have been sent bills for student damage to a bus.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
Portland announces finalists for superintendent role
Two public school administrators, Ryan Scallon of Philadelphia and Eric Moore of Minneapolis, are the top candidates to replace Xavier Botana.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine
David Bishop, a part-time chess coach and full-time custodian in Hampden, led his elementary and middle school teams to state championship titles this year.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Committee explores the future of education in Dresden, including the possibility of withdrawing from RSU 2
Voters rejected efforts to withdraw from the Hallowell-based district last June, but talks about closing the town's elementary school have given the movement new life.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Chancellor of Penn State Beaver named new president of UMA
The hiring of Jenifer Cushman caps off the second search for a president of the Augusta-based university following a botched search last year.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Lawmakers consider panel to better integrate New Mainers into public schools
The 16-member panel would build on the lessons learned by communities with sizable New Mainer populations, such as Portland and Lewiston.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Lisbon School Committee opts not to renew union president’s contract
Lisbon High School music teacher and teachers' union president Rick Beaulé did not have his contract renewed Monday for the next school year. Dozens turned out for the Lisbon School Committee meeting to support him.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough.
Administrators see them as an intensifying distraction – or, worse, a tax on students' mental health.
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PublishedMay 8, 2023
UMA staff raised concerns over transparency in search for senior administrator
Assertions from unnamed employees about a newly hired dean of students highlight a lack of policy about reviewing negative information for finalists.
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