A bill before the Legislature would take a successful Somerset County program statewide.
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Bill would ban distribution of remote classes recorded in Maine schools
While the bill’s sponsor says it aims to prevent snippets of a class from being taken out of context or used in a way to harm teachers, opponents say it stands in the way of transparency.
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Gardiner-area bus driver to retire after 50 years
Barbara Astbury has driven three generations to school in Maine School Administrative District 11 in her career as a bus driver.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Tick worries prompt school officials to spray Hall-Dale Elementary School grounds
Dresden Elementary and Hall-Dale Elementary Schools have had the greatest amount of ticks in Regional School Unit 2, but the Hallowell school is the priority because of summer building use.
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Bill would make all Maine children eligible for free breakfast, lunch in schools
Legislation sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson would require Maine to supplement what the state receives in federal funding for free and reduced lunch coverage.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
St. Michael students get creative to pull off 6th annual walk-a-thon
Wednesday’s fundraising event benefitted not only the Augusta-based Catholic school, but the Travis Mills Foundation’s goal of paying for a family to spend two weeks at its Belgrade Lakes retreat.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Virtual budget hearing brings Hallowell-area school board questions about impact of Richmond withdrawal
Residents of its member towns will determine whether Regional School Unit 2’s proposed spending plan for the 2021-2022 school year is approved when they head to the polls June 8.
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Liz Soares: Coronavirus creates continuing education for educators
Educators have had to learn a whole new set of skills this year. Evidently, I have not yet perfected mine, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Richmond officials tell voters to focus on academics, not cost of stand-alone school district
In order to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2, the town of Richmond needs 822 votes, more than 50% of voters from the last gubernatorial election.
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Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement
The graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 23, but the event is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.