Backlash follows Cape Elizabeth decision not to retain special education...
CAPE ELIZABETH — A decision not to renew the contract of the School Department’s special education director is being criticized by parents and school staff. Jessica Clark was hired in July 2016 as the...
View ArticleEducators, students in Lewiston-Auburn reject NRA’s call to arm teachers
LEWISTON — Giving teachers guns would be “absurd” and horrifying and would only lead to more violence, local educators and students said Friday. President Trump has echoed the National Rifle...
View ArticleColby students start business in vacant Waterville building
WATERVILLE — Standing directly across the street from the bustling construction site where Colby College is building a massive new dormitory and student center, the former Hains building has been an...
View ArticleLabor law change opens career paths to young students in Maine
BIDDEFORD — Each weekday morning, Sam Roy heads to work. Alongside experienced welders at DeepWater Buoyancy, he spends five hours polishing, bending and cutting metal. Then he clocks out and heads to...
View ArticleCape Elizabeth student charged with terrorizing after alleged threat shuts...
A 17-year-old student at Cape Elizabeth High School was charged with misdemeanor terrorizing Monday after he posted a message on social media that was interpreted as a threat involving a gun. The teen,...
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Scarborough principal wants to stay but district may not let him
Scarborough High School students hold placards during a rally in support of Principal David Creech, who resigned amid controversy over school start times. Staff photo by Ben McCanna SCARBOROUGH —...
View ArticleSportsman’s Alliance of Maine helped develop lawmaker’s school safety bill
A Republican lawmaker who proposed legislation seeking a $20 million bond to fund state-specified school safety improvements developed the bill in concert with the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine. The...
View ArticleStriking teachers appeal to West Virginia lawmakers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. —Thousands of striking schoolteachers who have shut down West Virginia classrooms for days are demanding a face-to-face meeting with the governor and legislative leaders on their pay...
View ArticleOnline threat closes Skowhegan-area schools Wednesday
All schools in School Administrative District 54, which includes Skowhegan and nearby towns, will be closed Wednesday because of “a threat posted and distributed through social media and digital...
View ArticleMount View schools evacuated after student releases pepper spray
THORNDIKE — A suspicious odor prompted the evacuation of the Mount View school complex Wednesday afternoon, and the cause was later determined to be pepper spray released by a student in a Mount View...
View ArticleScarborough school board again denies principal’s request to meet over...
The Scarborough Board of Education has again refused to meet with the high school principal who rescinded his resignation Monday following a large community protest. Superintendent Julie Kukenberger...
View ArticlePolice charge 2 boys after second threat against Skowhegan high school
SKOWHEGAN — Three boys were taken away in handcuffs from Skowhegan Area High School just after noon Thursday after a second threat posted on social media this week threatening violence. Thursday’s...
View ArticleGardiner elementary school PTA treasurer stole $6,000, police say
The former treasurer of the Gardiner Elementary PTA faces a felony theft charge after allegedly embezzling about $6,000 from the group between 2015 and the fall of 2017. Cassie Marrow, 34, of Gardiner,...
View ArticleSAD 13 superintendent warns students, staff not to participate in gun protest
The students and staff in School Administrative District 13 have been warned by administrators that participation in a March 14 national walkout to protest gun violence will result in disciplinary...
View ArticleHundreds turn out to support principal, but decision stands
SCARBOROUGH — The Board of Education moved its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday evening to accommodate hundreds of people who showed up to protest circumstances surrounding the recent resignation...
View ArticleFour boys from Waterville high school charged in series of threats
WATERVILLE — Police said late Friday that there were five instances of terrorizing by high school students reported this week in Waterville, including one in which a student allegedly said he wanted to...
View ArticleAfter 2 threatening messages, Skowhegan school attendance low
SKOWHEGAN — Everything was getting back to normal Friday at Skowhegan area schools, but attendance was still down at the high school a day after two students were arrested and charged with terrorizing...
View ArticlePortland schools allow students to participate in March 14 gun violence walkout
Portland public high school and middle school students will be allowed to participate in the National Walkout on March 14 in response to last month’s high school shootings in Parkland, Florida. School...
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Student robot makers calibrate their skills at statewide tournament
BIDDEFORD — A group of Cape Elizabeth middle school students had just won a robotics match, but they weren’t happy. Their computer-driven aluminum robot wasn’t working exactly as it should – its...
View ArticleMaine rethinks requiring student proficiency to earn a diploma
State education officials are proposing a radical restructuring of Maine’s proficiency-based diploma law, which was one of the first in the nation and touted by the governor as one of his key education...
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