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Schools and Education

Published
October 3, 2024

UMaine System students awarded refunds over online learning during COVID

About 16,180 students are eligible for the partial refund of tuition and fees after a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract for classes and services moving online during the spring 2020 semester.
Published
October 2, 2024

U.S. school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising

All U.S. states and territories require that children attending child care centers and schools be vaccinated against a number of diseases, allowing exemptions for certain medical conditions. Most states also permit exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.
Published
September 30, 2024

A cottage business becomes a college business after seaweed snack company donated to UNE

The former owners of SeaMade Seaweed Company donated the business to the University of New England, where students will take over the production, marketing and distribution of the nutrition bars.
Published
September 29, 2024

UMaine potato breed edges out longtime favorites

Nearly a decade after it was introduced, a strain of potato developed by the University of Maine is proving popular among consumers and farmers alike.
Published
September 29, 2024

UMaine Machias to offer new nursing program via UMaine Augusta partnership

The Downeast Nursing Track will allow students to earn a bachelor's in nursing from the Augusta college while going to school in Machias.

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Published
September 26, 2024

About 300 Lewiston middle schoolers get naloxone training as part of state mandate

As the state-mandated training for administering the overdose antidote makes its way to school districts across the state, hundreds of middle schoolers attended Lewiston's training two days in a row. More than half of them chose to leave with a naloxone kit.
Published
September 26, 2024

Kennebunk teachers’ union files complaint against school board

The Kennebunk Arundel Kennebunkport Educators Association accuses the district of engaging in a prohibited labor practice and violating the rights of its employees under state labor laws.
Published
September 26, 2024

UMaine System to request another round of proposals for Hutchinson Center sale

A new request for proposals on the Belfast property will be released by the end of next week and will remain open until November.
Published
September 25, 2024

Portland educator, politician hired as Maine’s first green schools director

Former University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings began work this week promoting sustainability in the state's schools.
Published
September 23, 2024

Longtime Yarmouth school board member resigns over health concerns

The longtime committee member is undergoing cancer treatment and said he didn't have the energy to continue to serve the school district.