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South Portland due to vote on $52.3 million school budget

by Krysteana Scribner The Forecaster June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

The proposed education budget heading to South Portland voters is up 4.6% from this year.

Maine, Schools and Education

Skowhegan school board elections Tuesday; ‘Indians’ question gone but not forgotten

by Doug Harlow June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

Five candidates are vying for three open seats representing Skowhegan on the School Administrative District 54 board of directors, for which costs and bullying are emerging as top issues.

Elections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Schools and Education

Old Orchard Beach voters asked to approve $15 million school budget

by Liz Gotthelf Journal Tribune June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

The proposed school budget is 6.6% higher than the current budget.

Local Elections, Maine, News, Schools and Education

Saco residents to decide on $40.5 million school budget

by Liz Gotthelf Journal Tribune June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

The school budget is about 3 percent higher than the current budget.

Maine, News, Schools and Education

Biddeford family realizes high school graduation dream together

by Ed Pierce Journal Tribune June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

Tina Bruns dropped out of Portland High School in 1994; on Wednesday she and her three children, also dropouts, graduated from Biddeford Adult Education.

Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education

Lawmakers urged to save advanced placement program for students in rural Maine

by Scott Thistle June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

The AP4ALL program is targeted for elimination by the state Department of Education, but supporters say it provides important access to courses for students in smaller schools.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News, Schools and Education

Bowdoin Museum curator departs for job at Harvard

by Bob Keyes June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

Joachim Homann has been at Bowdoin since 2010.

Maine, Schools and Education

Veteran Augusta teachers retiring the way they taught — together

by Keith Edwards June 2, 2019June 3, 2019

Farrington Elementary School teachers, who each have had some of their former students’ children as students, are stepping down after each educating hundreds of children.