Members of the Saint Dominic Academy community continue to question the Portland Diocese’s intentions in negotiations to keep the high school open.
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Cape Elizabeth residents file ethics complaint over school district’s ads on bond referendum
The complaint says the district and superintendent should have registered as a ballot committee because they spent more than $5,000 on advertising in support of November’s $95 million school bond vote.
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As Trump attacks DEI, Lewiston students find value in high school’s culture clubs
Lewiston High School’s Black Student Union and Muslim Student Association are places students say they can feel accepted and recognized, and enlighten other students.
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Roux Institute student had their visa terminated, ACLU confirms
This is the first publicly known instance of an international student in Maine losing their visa, although the ACLU filed a lawsuit last week to restore the status of international students in New England who have been targeted.
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Maine will not sign Trump administration letter to remove DEI programs from schools
The state’s education leaders said signing the letter would ‘bind the Maine DOE to language of executive orders or other federal guidance without the force of law.’
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School leaders want more options to restrain students with violent behavior
District leaders are concerned about increasing behavioral issues in schools just a few years after the state raised the threshold to physically restrain or seclude students.
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As Trump targets higher education, Maine colleges worry endowments are next
The state’s higher education leaders say Republican-backed bills to raise endowment taxes would produce negligible benefits while forcing schools to slash financial aid and operating budgets.
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Judge orders Energy Department to pause research funding changes for UMaine, other schools
The University of Maine receives $26.3 million from the Department of Energy through 8 multiyear awards.
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Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education ‘overreach’
The presidents of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby and the University of New England joined more than 230 college leaders in rebuking the federal government’s ‘political interference’ in higher education.
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ACLU files class-action suit over revoked student visas throughout New England
The lawsuit seeks to restore the visa status of more than 100 international students in New England, although it’s unclear if any Maine international students have had their visas terminated.