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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Richmond school withdrawal committee eyes 2022 exit date
The committee is still waiting for information on the district’s debts to complete its draft of the exit agreement and create a first-year operations budget for a Richmond standalone district.
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Maine Voices: ‘Whitewashing’ history gives young people distorted view of America
Teaching our nation’s true story will encourage clearer thinking, not treachery, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explains.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine Catholic schools to reopen classrooms this fall
Students in eight schools from Biddeford to Bangor will receive in-classroom instruction, although online options are available if requested.
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Maine Voices: It shouldn’t take a pandemic to raise awareness of the ‘homework gap’
A national solution is needed to ensure that cost or lack of infrastructure won’t keep kids from accessing broadband.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Richmond RSU 2 withdrawal committee to work on proposed school budget
The withdrawal committee is still working toward a June 30 deadline for a proposed budget for the first year of a standalone Richmond school district, as well as a negotiated withdrawal agreement.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Cony High School’s 3-day graduation a mix of virtual, intimate celebrations
Commencement traditions altered in Augusta due to coronavirus pandemic.
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Richmond’s proposed agreement to leave RSU 2 taking shape
Work on a proposed separation agreement is expected to continue Wednesday, when district representatives and withdrawal committee members are scheduled to meet for the second time.
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Maranacook graduates told by actor they can change the world
Graduation ceremonies, due to coronavirus pandemic, were broken down into 10 smaller, more personal, sessions.
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Gardiner Area High School seniors able to park and graduate together
Diploma recipients included a man who left school in 1967 to serve in the Navy in the Vietnam War.