Schools and Education
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2019
Committee unanimously approves bill forbidding ‘food shaming’ in Maine schools
The measure, which now goes to the full Legislature, prohibits schools from serving a second-tier meal or stigmatizing students who can't pay for lunch.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Proposal to cut costs by reorganizing Portland schools is ‘deeply flawed,’ critics say
About a dozen speakers, many of them teachers, tell a study commission that the changes would be disruptive for students, ignore school culture, and limit academic and extracurricular activities.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Lawmakers reject bill to require Maine schools to teach cursive
The proposal by Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, to require cursive instruction beginning in grade 3 goes down on a 9-0 committee vote.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Saco community mourns death of devoted middle school teacher
Robin Stinson, 47, died Monday after experiencing a medical problem while driving home on the Maine Turnpike.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Fourth-graders make their case for which chickadee should be the state bird
A presentation will be made Wednesday to ask the Legislature to distinquish if the boreal chickadee of black-capped chickadee is the state bird.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
More than 200 turn out for meeting on racism complaint in Kennebunk schools
The Regional School Unit 21 board votes to take two steps in response to a race-based retaliation complaint filed by a black teacher.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Gorham mourns Wayne ‘Pooch’ Drown, town’s first school resource officer
The Gorham native had worked in various public safety jobs since becoming a volunteer firefighter in 1974.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Visitors defend ‘Indians’ nickname in Skowhegan
Four speakers meet with mostly supporters of keeping Skowhegan high school sports teams the 'Indians.'
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
RSU 21 board to discuss racist incidents in Kennebunk schools
Part of Monday night's meeting, which originally was scheduled to take place behind closed doors, will be open to the public.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2019
Six Maine teams will take their robots, flipping and flinging, to world finals
More than 200 students compete at the state championships in South Portland.
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