The reductions could require increasing class sizes, closing island schools, charging students to play sports and eliminating some assistant principals.
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Susan Collins to be Colby’s commencement speaker May 27
Artist Theaster Gates will speak May 26 at baccalaureate and receive an honorary degree; Alfond Foundation Chairman Gregory Powell and Rebecca Corbett, of The New York Times, will get honorary degrees at commencement.
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Outgoing Winthrop superintendent being investigated for ethnic, sexual comments
The School Board will discuss Gary Rosenthal’s resignation at a meeting Wednesday night.
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Record $10 million gift will fund new UMaine engineering building
The donation from the family of a UMaine engineering graduate who wishes to remain anonymous is the largest gift ever to the Orono campus from a living donor.
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Trustees approve policy limiting political speech tied to Maine’s university system
It puts no restrictions on individual political activity done on a person’s own time, but some students and faculty members still fear the policy will muzzle them.
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Seeing the signs: Renowned USM professor reflects on life-changing language discovery
Decades after documenting sign language created ‘out of nothing’ in Nicaragua, Judy Shepard-Kegl firmly believes she was right not to influence it.
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LePage urges passage of $50 million in bonds to pay for interest-free student loans
The program would provide the loans to students attending schools in Maine who agree to remain in the state five years after graduation.
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Police security review goes awry, shakes up students at Windham High School
An officer was not supposed to declare ‘this is a drill’ and order 50 students to the floor during what was intended to be a simple walk-through inspection.
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Student walkouts continue, drawing hundreds to protest gun violence
Walkouts that were rescheduled because of Wednesday’s storm were held across the state Thursday, including a large protest at Portland City Hall.
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Latest nor’easter pushes Maine schools into snow-day deficit
With so many classes canceled because of weather, some districts are considering longer school days or Saturday classes to avoid adding days at the end of June.