Chris Hoffman of Brunswick has taught at the school since 2009.
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Maine Girls’ Academy walked a financial tightrope before deciding to close
IRS documents show the private high school’s expenses were slightly more than revenue in 2016-17, and enrollments that generate critical tuition revenue have declined since then.
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Bay State eyes funds for safer schools
The bulk of $72 million alloted from surplus would allow school districts to hire social workers and mental health pros.
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Man receives Lewiston High diploma 69 years after quitting school
Leo Savard, 86, joined the Navy in 1949 and served in the Korean War. These days he is a valued volunteer at an Auburn hospice.
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Maine Girls’ Academy makes final decision to close, despite supporters’ fundraising effort
Believing the school could raise enough money to continue is ‘not realistic,’ a school official tells supporters in a letter Wednesday.
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Protesters target Northeastern over ICE contract
The university says says the grant isn’t funding research that has anything to do with immigration enforcement.
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Maine Girls’ Academy says it’s $250,000 in debt but supporters still aim to keep it open
Expected tuition revenue would not cover costs next year, officials say at a meeting, but alumnae are pursuing ways to keep the state’s only all-girls school running.
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Former Bowdoin president Barry Mills steps down as UMass Boston leader
Mills and his wife are looking forward to spending more time in Maine at their house in Cundy’s Harbor.
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Maine Girls’ Academy alumnae trying to keep their alma mater from closing
Supporters of the school, formerly Catherine McAuley High School, are raising funds and will meet with the school board Monday to find out what prompted the surprise decision to close the state’s only private all-girls school.
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Low enrollment leads Maine Girls’ Academy to ‘difficult and sad decision’ to close
The closure of Maine’s only all-girls private school stuns students, parents and alumnae.