Schools and Education
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2024
‘Safety issue’ on school bus closes road in New Gloucester
Police say there was 'no longer a potential threat' at the scene where an SAD 15 bus driver pulled over and evacuated about 15 middle and high school students after reporting a 'suspicious device' onboard.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2024
SAD 17 budget validation meeting Thursday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
The third budget proposal is for $50.43 million — a total overall reduction of close to $1.18 million from the original proposal last June.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2024
Lewiston schools to hold naloxone training next week
Mandated by a new Maine law, public schools now offer optional training to teach students how to administer the medication that reverses opioid overdoses.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2024
Oxford Hills school construction committees diverge, advance individually
The options Oxford residents face for building a new elementary school do not feel like options to Maine's geographically largest school district.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2024
West Paris shock: Agnes Gray boarded up
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
UMaine board advances plan to combine 2 Old Port buildings, expand Maine Center
The system's board of trustees approved $650,000 in capital improvement funds for planning and some renovations to 7 Custom House St. as part of a $100 million project.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Do you know the 3 branches of government? Many don’t, leading to a push for civics education
Over the past few years, a small but growing number of states have begun requiring students at publicly funded colleges to complete a civics requirement.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
UMaine System rescinds controversial sale of Belfast building to church, citing procedural issue
The change follows weeks of criticism from other bidders and community members over the procurement process for the Hutchinson Center.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
Student loan servicer Navient reaches $120 million settlement
$100 million of the settlement with Navient will be used to make payments to affected borrowers, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2024
Stay or go? Dresden committee outlines 4 options for future of the town’s students
Following a year and a half of gathering information from a variety of sources, Dresden's Education Exploratory Committee laid out four likely options for educating the town's students, including remaining in Regional School Unit 2 or closing the school altogether.
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