Maine School Administrative District 75 — which includes Harpswell, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Topsham — is considering a policy drafted by the district’s Personal Technology Study Group that would establish guidelines for the “appropriate, ethical, and safe use” of artificial intelligence tools.
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Midcoast school districts brace for possibility of immigration investigations
Public school districts throughout Midcoast and Southern Maine are addressing parents’ concerns over the potential for investigations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border agents at schools.
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Topsham Select Board appoints new interim SAD 75 board member
Antoinette Goncalves will serve the remainder of River Khoriaty’s term until the November election.
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Midcoast organizations awarded $90,000 to help feed, house, educate locals
Four Midcoast organizations have been awarded a total of $90,000 in grants to pursue missions in their communities. The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 79 grants totaling $1.5 million statewide to provide food, shelter, and other essential services to Mainers in need through its 2024 Direct Services Grant Program. Among those recipients are: • […]
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MSAD 75 introduces free service to prevent violence in schools
The local school district plans to roll out a new option for students and others to anonymously report potential threats at school before they escalate into violence. Maine School Administrative District 75 Superintendent of Schools Heidi O’Leary told the school board at its meeting on Thursday, April 25, that the district will introduce the service, […]
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School board postpones bid to end town rotation for chairperson
The local school board has reversed course and postponed indefinitely a move by some of its members to end a long-standing policy of rotating the chairperson position by town each year. In a public meeting on Thursday, April 11, members of the Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors voted unanimously to put the […]
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Official says proposed trans student policy change could promote harassment
Local school district officials have chosen not to accommodate a community petition seeking to amend the district’s new anti-discrimination policy for transgender and gender-expansive students, saying the proposed change could enable bullying and discrimination. A former educator launched a petition drive in opposition to a section of the Maine School Administrative District 75 policy that requires students, […]
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Former educator launches petition to reverse Harpswell-area school district’s trans student policy
A former educator has launched a petition drive in opposition to the local school district’s recently approved policy to protect transgender and gender-expansive students from bullying and discrimination. The petition was created by Rebecca Brooks, a former substitute teacher and paraprofessional with Maine School Administrative District 75 who resigned in November after the school board approved […]
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Topsham-area school district holds safety forums amid rising threats to students
Maine School Administrative District 75 recently hosted two forums to explain steps it is taking to keep children safe in an academic year marked by an unusually high number of threats to local students. The forums, held Jan. 22 and 30, had a secondary purpose of teaching parents the proper way for them to respond […]
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Topsham nonprofit looking for host homes to take in unhoused youth
Topsham-based Housing Resources for Youth is looking for host homes in school districts RSU 1, SAD 75 and Brunswick to take in unhoused youths. Host homes are especially needed during the cold winter months. “Whether they’re sleeping in a shelter, on someone’s couch, in a car or under an overpass, these kids lack the necessities […]