Pamela Wood, founder of Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, dies at 88
Pamela Wood, the founder and longtime director of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, has died, her family and colleagues said. She was 88. Shannon Gilchrist, Wood’s granddaughter, posted a...
View ArticleRSU 5 spending plan has increase of 2.3%
Voters in Freeport, Pownal and Durham will vote June 12 on a proposed $33 million education budget for fiscal year 2019. Unlike many school districts in the area, Regional School Unit 5 is projected to...
View ArticleSAD 75 residents to vote June 12 on $37.9 million education budget
TOPSHAM — Voters in School Administrative District 75 will vote June 12 on a proposed $37.9 million education budget. The budget represents an increase of $538,438 – or 1.4 percent – from the current...
View Article‘Blue collar’ fund awarded 26 scholarships
Four companies that collaborated to create a scholarship fund for students seeking careers in the trades awarded $21,000 in aid this year. The Maine Blue Collar Scholarship Foundation, created by...
View ArticleWestbrook school budget includes bond payment, personnel costs
Westbrook voters will decide Tuesday on a $38.6 million school budget that would fund several new positions. The proposed spending plan is an increase of $2.3 million, or 6.5 percent, over the current...
View ArticleFalmouth school budget calls for 3 percent spending increase
FALMOUTH — Falmouth voters will vote June 12 on a proposed $36.9 million school budget. The school budget represents a spending increase of just over 3 percent from the current year, for a 72-cent...
View ArticleSaco school budget includes money for a pre-K program
Saco residents are set to vote Tuesday on a $39.3 million school budget that will add a pre-kindergarten program. The proposed education budget is up more than $3.5 million from the current year, but...
View ArticleGorham school budget would increase spending by $1.3 million next year
An influx of new residents in Gorham is driving up the school budget. Residents will vote Tuesday on a $38.9 million proposal. After school and town officials reduced the original bottom line in recent...
View ArticleBiddeford to vote on $26.9 million school budget
Biddeford residents will vote Tuesday on a $36.9 million budget that funds new teaching positions while adding less than a penny to the property tax rate. The proposed budget is up only .08 percent...
View ArticleKennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel to vote on $48.1 million school spending...
Residents of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel will vote Tuesday on a $48.1 million education budget for Regional School Unit 21. The budget, which is up 5.1 percent, includes the peak year of...
View ArticleRaises, health benefits drive Gray-New Gloucester school budget increase
Residents in School Administrative District 15 will vote Tuesday on a $26.8 million school budget that would increase the tax rate. The spending plan is $1.2 million, or 4.9 percent, higher than the...
View ArticleCumberland, North Yarmouth to vote on school budget calling for 3.8 percent...
CUMBERLAND — A proposed $37.3 million budget for School Administrative District 51 goes to referendum vote in Cumberland and North Yarmouth on Tuesday. The school budget represents a 3.8 percent...
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Per-pupil spending provides fuel to both sides of Maine school-budget debates
Maine voters are about to decide the fate of local school budgets, and one statistic – per-pupil spending – is being used as ammunition in debates around the state, both by “yes” voters and “no”...
View ArticleDatabase: How much does it cost to educate a child in every school district...
SOURCE: Maine Department of Education INTERACTIVE: Julia McCue District Total per-pupil expenditure Regular instruction Special education instruction Vocational and other instruction Administration:...
View ArticleCape voters face potential 6.6 percent tax rate increase
Cape Elizabeth voters will consider a proposed $25.4 million school budget on Tuesday that would increase spending $513,000 or 2.1 percent, in 2018-19. The polls will be open at the high school from 7...
View ArticleProposed Scarborough tax levy for schools up 5.9 percent
Scarborough voters will be asked Tuesday to validate a $48.5 million school budget for 2018-19 that would increase spending $1.4 million, or 3 percent. The polls in the high school gym will be open...
View ArticleSouth Portland school budget calls for 4.7 percent tax increase
South Portland voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide on a proposed $50.3 million school budget for 2018-19 that would increase spending $1.1 million, or 2.3 percent. The polls will be open from...
View ArticleOld Orchard Beach school budget would not increase local taxes
Old Orchard Beach residents will vote Tuesday on a $14 million education budget that would have no impact on local taxes. The proposed budget is up more than $298,000 from the current year and includes...
View ArticleYarmouth voters to consider school budget of nearly $25 million
YARMOUTH — Voters on Tuesday will decide whether to adopt a school budget of nearly $25 million and whether to add a recall provision to the Town Charter. The proposed school budget represents an...
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