Saco will see enrollment grow by over 100 this fall, testing teachers and staff and straining budgets.
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Cape Elizabeth ballot includes school projects packing a 25% tax increase
Voters will be asked to approve borrowing to build new elementary and middle schools and renovate Cape Elizabeth High School at a cost of $116 million.
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Buxton-based school board considers removing books about sexuality and gender identity from school libraries
Some parents want the books “Gender Queer: A Memoir” and “It’s Perfectly Normal” removed from libraries at Bonny Eagle middle school and high school.
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Maine Observer: This sub can’t wait to go back to school
Our classrooms need all the help they can get these days. I’m happy to chip in.
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Portland struggles to recruit staff needed for after-school program
The city needs 10 additional staff to run the after-school portion of the Before & After the Bell program, which is scheduled to start Sept. 6.
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Maine school districts scramble to hire up for the school year
Schools around the country are struggling to fill vacancies, and Maine schools are having mixed success.
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Just a Little Old: The bogus fear of critical race theory
When we were on the beach at Anna Maria Island last spring, we encountered a group of 30-somethings from Indiana with their young children. We learned that their kids all attended the same Catholic school back in Indiana. One of the parents said to me, “We don’t want our kids to go to a school […]
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Dixfield-based school board bans gender book from Dirigo library
RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.
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Faced with educator shortage, Brunswick school joins wave of schools hiring from within
Former Kate Furbish Vice Principal Annie Young will take on the school’s interim principal role this year while many other districts struggle to fill teacher, administrator and support staff roles.
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Applications swell with Maine’s offer of free community college
The state’s seven community colleges see an 11 percent increase in summer applications compared to this time last year.