Nearly 4,000 residents voted ‘yes’ on the budget, while about 1,000 disapproved.
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Bath-area school budget could increase by nearly $2 million
The school district is looking to trim the budget as healthcare premiums and energy rise.
Gov. Mills is calling for a bell-to-bell school cellphone ban. What does that mean?
Maine would join more than 20 states that ban cellphones for the entire school day. Several districts have already adopted their own policies, but statewide mandates of any kind often meet resistance.
App lets Bath-area parents, schools know where the buses are
The BusRight app lets parents and school staff track the location of buses through mobile phones.
Bath Middle School introduces students to manufacturing
Students at Bath Middle School are getting hands-on experience for manufacturing careers through the STEM+M program.
After students struck, parents push Bath to bring back crossing guards
The city held a forum after two students were struck by vehicles on their way to school.
Bath Rotary Club partnership gives the tools of the trades
Bath high schoolers recently celebrated the halfway point of their current project to build a modular home.
School construction wish list grows in Maine. Only a few will be funded.
Schools in Bath, St. Agatha and Old Orchard Beach topped Maine’s new major construction priority list of 95 projects, while a state commission is studying a better way to fund critical school construction.
Bath-area voters approve school budget
The proposed school budget for Regional School District 1 easily passed in all four communities.
In the push for a statewide school cellphone ban in Maine, local control could stand in the way
Many teachers, parents and school leaders in Maine support bell-to-bell school phone bans, but lawmakers this month scaled back on a bill, citing overreach of local control.