The 17-year-old faces a misdemeanor charge after being taken into custody early Monday morning in South Portland, police say.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Labor law change opens career paths to young students in Maine
High schoolers can do paid internships in new trades now that limits on working with hazardous machinery have been eased.
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Colby students start business in vacant Waterville building
EuroPiste will offer discounted gear to winter sports professionals in the former Hains building.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Educators, students in Lewiston-Auburn reject NRA’s call to arm teachers
More guns ‘is just more violence,’ says a Lewiston junior, a sentiment echoed by others on Friday.
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Backlash follows Cape Elizabeth decision not to retain special education director
Jessica Clark’s contract was not renewed and some parents and school staff are criticizing the decision.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Education secretary DeVos backs school choice for military children
A proposal would allow military families to use $1.3 billion in public funds to send their children to private school or pay for education services.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Lawmakers offer no clarity on Maine’s new graduation guidelines
Students starting with this year’s freshman class will have to show proficiency in the subjects they study, but the state still lacks regulations to clarify what’s expected of schools, or even what proficiency means.
Posted inArt, Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Schools and Education
Colby museum receives gift of German Expressionist art
Norma Marin, daughter-in-law of the painter John Marin, gives the museum 28 prints by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and others.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Maine students joining national walkout after Florida shootings
Students from at least 5 Maine high schools are taking part in a student-driven movement to protest the gun violence that is claiming lives in schools.
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Colby hires head of state police as new security director
Col. Robert Williams, who has lead the Maine State Police for the last seven years, will begin as Colby College’s security director on March 12.