Schools and Education
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PublishedJune 27, 2019
Boston College names building for alum who inspired ice bucket challenge
Boston College has announced that its new indoor baseball and softball training facility will be named after Pete Frates, who helped popularize the ALS fundraiser.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Fight over state funding for religious schools heads to federal appeals court
Judge D. Brock Hornby rules that Maine education money cannot pay tuition to religious schools in communities without state-funded schools of their own, but acknowledges an inevitable appeal.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
St. Dominic Academy receives anonymous $1 million gift
The donation, one of the largest in the Catholic school's history, will be used for student scholarships.
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PublishedJune 24, 2019
Kennebunk grapples with another racial incident involving students
A video allegedly depicts two teenage girls drinking and one repeatedly using a racial slur.
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PublishedJune 21, 2019
Lawmakers rush to fix how schools report alleged misconduct
Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill that aims to improve how the state tracks investigations into educators accused of wrongdoing.
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PublishedJune 21, 2019
RSU 4 school bus driver honored for saving bus full of kids
The bus went out of control after the trainee driver had a heart attack and passed out at the wheel.
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Kennebunk school district paid $50,000 to settle ex-teacher’s racism complaint
Social studies teacher Rosa Slack filed a complaint saying that she was retaliated against for expressing concerns about racist incidents at Kennebunk High School.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
Vermont requires testing of schools’ water for lead
A bill requiring the testing of water for lead in Vermont schools and registered or licensed child care centers has become law.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
School district settles with former Kennebunk teacher over racist incidents
RSU 21 agreed to settle with former Kennebunk High School teacher Rosa Slack, who filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission in January 2018.
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PublishedJune 17, 2019
Topsham group applying for state’s final charter school spot
Sheffwood Academy is among organizations that plan to file an application by the June 21 deadline.
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