Messalonskee athletic complex nears completion

Schools and Education

Published
November 17, 2018

Messalonskee athletic complex nears completion

With or without its final red track coating, the $3.9 million facility will be ready for the spring sports season, officials say.
Published
November 16, 2018

DeVos proposes new campus sexual assault rules

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos hails the proposed regulation as balancing rights of victims, accused.
Published
November 15, 2018

Augusta school board rejects adding religious holidays to calendar

Despite community support for the proposed new policy, school board members said educators already work to accommodate students and the calendar is already full of events.
Published
November 12, 2018

Augusta school board to consider noting religious holidays on school calendar

The main goal is not to add days off, but to help officials and teachers avoid holding special events such as field trips on days when students may be absent for observances.
Published
November 12, 2018

Database: statewide standardized test results, 2018

Look up your local schools’ standardized test results in the 2017-18 school year.
Published
November 12, 2018

Maine test scores dip slightly in math, English, science

Results for standardized tests given to grades 3-8 and high school juniors show that half of Maine students are at grade level for English, 37 percent for math.
Published
November 11, 2018

Penobscot Nation calls on Skowhegan to retire ‘Indians’ nickname

The tribal ambassador hand-delivered the appeal to the SAD 54 board on Nov. 1.
Published
November 10, 2018

Maine cheerleader takes to the field – alone

Kaitlyn Berthiaume, a Messalonskee High School senior, found her solo appearances this fall nerve-wracking, but in the end, rewarding.
Published
November 9, 2018

Kristallnacht’s 80th anniversary observed in Augusta

Two Holocaust survivors described their memories of the violent night when Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany were attacked, burned and ransacked.
Published
November 7, 2018

Scarborough superintendent’s job on the line after voters stack school board with critics

Four of five board candidates elected Tuesday were endorsed by a group that sought to have Julie Kukenberger fired, and one of the new board’s first duties will be to review her contract.