School budgets tip the scales for municipalities trying to balance fiscal responsibilities without burdening residents.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Lewiston, Jay-based schools to get funding to boost mental health services
The Department of Education said it chose high-need districts which have low student-to-mental-health-provider ratios relative to the state and nation.
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Students to pay almost 4% more to attend Bates College
Bates will be charging $81,382 for tuition, room and board in the coming academic year, a $3,092 increase over this year’s tab.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Former Portland teacher files federal lawsuit against district, former superintendent
Eric Poulin filed the suit in federal court on Wednesday saying he was retaliated against for raising concerns about staffing levels.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Proposals to arm school staff draw emotional arguments at State House
Amid a rise in mass shootings nationwide, Maine legislators consider how to keep the state’s students safe.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston school team wins state cooking competition for 2nd year
Judges had little else but praise for all the dishes they tasted during the annual cooking competition and was a tough decision to name a winner.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
USM opens new training facility for nursing students
The training facility includes a simulation lab that replicates hospital rooms and an athletic and physical training teaching room.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Hallowell-area school district returns Japanese, English teaching positions to proposed budget after community outcry
Regional School Unit 2’s proposed $34.5 million budget needed different spending cuts as a result of the changes, officials said.
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Faculty departures at UMaine Machias have professors on edge
Some worry that faculty lost because of a retirement incentive program will be replaced by lecturers and not fully credentialed professors.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Alabama education director ousted over book’s ‘woke concepts’
The governor’s move comes as schools emerge as flashpoints over diversity training and parents’ rights.