On June 10, Cumberland voters will decide who serves on the Town Council and Cumberland-North Yarmouth school board, and whether to approve the school budget.
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$54 million Cumberland-North Yarmouth school budget headed to ballot
The proposed budget increased 7% and will seek final voter approval on June 10.
Falmouth, Cumberland-area schools see uptick in chronic absenteeism
Over 10% of students are missing 10% of school days in North Yarmouth, Cumberland and Falmouth.
Cumberland-North Yarmouth district schools reach new teacher contract
After a year of negotiations, the finalized contract increases salaries and significantly restructures the pay scale.
Cumberland-North Yarmouth district schools finalizing new teachers contract
The SAD 51 School Board will vote on the contract on Dec. 19, finalizing the agreement that has been negotiated since January.
Teachers’ union wins labor dispute against Cumberland-North Yarmouth district
The Maine Labor Relations Board found that MSAD 51 discriminated against a school therapist and exhibited anti-union sentiments.
Whooping cough reported in Cumberland schools
The district is dealing with a minor outbreak of the respiratory infection.
SAD 51’s One Campus project on track for spring bids
Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, leader of the project’s Turf Committee, is confident the turf options presented will have an option that satisfies three core criteria: no PFAS, no tire crumb rubber infill, and the ability to eventually recycle the turf.
SAD 51 bus drivers settle contract; teachers still in talks
Graham Shove, head of the SAD 51 Education Association, declined to comment on negotiations or why the teachers contract has been unable to resolve since January.
SAD 51 lays out timeline for school project
The Cumberland-North Yarmouth district will set up a building committee of stakeholders, and numerous subcommittees, to help guide the project, with the goal of opening a new pre-K and Grade 1 school in three years.