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Wilton woman with special needs faces uncertain future
When Leah Stinson walks across the stage to get her high school diploma Sunday at Mt. Blue High School, she’ll be wearing a backpack to help her balance as she walks and maybe her graduation gown, if...
View ArticleOne special student reaches crossroads at Mt. Blue High graduation
FARMINGTON — As graduates at Mt. Blue High School lined up in the hallway prior to graduation Sunday, one student’s graduation cap stood out near the front of the line. “Scatter sunshine all along your...
View Article144 seniors graduate from Augusta’s Cony High School
AUGUSTA —Tara Jorgensen loves to read, and the Cony High School valedictorian told her classmates that life is a like a big book. High school was just the prologue, she said. In a book, Jorgensen said,...
View ArticleSkowhegan High School awards diplomas to 145
SKOWHEGAN — Pack your bags well, find a lifeboat to rescue you, go find a rainbow, explore, eat some cake, be creative and keep moving forward. Those were the seven pieces of advice Skowhegan High...
View ArticleBullied N.H. girl tells school board about death threat
PLAISTOW, N.H. — A fifth-grade student in New Hampshire who wants to stop bullying has told her school board that she’s been threatened to get shot in the head with an AK-47 assault rifle and buried in...
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Alternative education program builds confidence, enthusiasm – and a canoe
Destiny Kendrix, a junior in the Pathways Alternative Education program at Old Orchard Beach High School, sands the side of a 16-foot cedar strip canoe in a school workshop. Kendrix spent the fall...
View ArticleAcademic science rife with sexual harassment, report says
WASHINGTON — Sexual harassment is rampant in academic science, and colleges and universities that train new scientists need a systemwide culture change so women won’t be bullied out of the field, a...
View ArticleWestbrook School Committee to vote on teacher contract more than a year in...
More than a year of negotiations over the teacher contract in Westbrook could be coming to an end. The membership of the Westbrook Education Association voted on a proposed agreement Tuesday in a...
View ArticleSchool panel votes to remove Native American imagery from Wells schools
The Wells-Ogunquit school committee voted unanimously Wednesday to remove Native American imagery from all schools in the district. The vote came after the Wells High School Mascot Advisory Committee...
View ArticleLewiston superintendent opens investigation in aftermath of student’s drowning
Superintendent Bill Webster has banned all water activities indefinitely and launched an internal investigation of the district’s policies in the aftermath of the drowning death of a 13-year-old...
View ArticleIn spite of resistance in some municipalities, voters approve school budgets
Despite tough talk about school budgets in the weeks preceding the election, voters approved the final versions at the polls Tuesday – even Scarborough, which has a history of rejecting the school...
View ArticleStraw vote in South Portland shows solid support for new middle school site
SOUTH PORTLAND — In a straw vote Wednesday, city residents overwhelmingly approved a proposal to build a consolidated middle school on the site of the Memorial Middle School on Wescott Road. The $50...
View ArticleLewiston superintendent makes more changes to field trip policies after...
LEWISTON — Superintendent Bill Webster is making more changes to school department protocol a day after calling for an investigation into the drowning death of Lewiston Middle School student Rayan Issa...
View ArticleSchools in Saco and Windham place high on priority list for state...
Public schools in Saco and Windham placed among the top five in the Maine Department of Education’s latest priority list of school projects that could qualify for state construction funding. In...
View ArticleWestbrook approves new teacher contract
Westbrook teachers finally have a new contract. The Westbrook School Committee voted 5-0 Thursday to approve a collective bargaining agreement with the Westbrook Education Association. The association...
View Article2018 top high school seniors throughout Cumberland and York counties
These graduates finished at the top of their classes at high schools across Cumberland and York counties. Bridgton Academy: Collin Jon Walter Krauth, of Gales Ferry, Conn., valedictorian. Bonny Eagle...
View ArticleSkowhegan last school in Maine to hold on to Indian mascot
SKOWHEGAN — A unanimous vote Wednesday by the Wells-Ogunquit school committee to remove Native American imagery associated with school sports teams now leaves only one high school left in Maine using...
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Deep end of swimming area where Lewiston student drowned is 8-10 feet,...
Children play on the beach at Range Pond State Park in Poland on Tuesday afternoon. The water in the deep end of the swimming area where a Lewiston Middle School student drowned on Tuesday morning is 8...
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Two York County school districts adopt anti-violence tip system
Kennebunk High School is one of the 14 schools in York County that plan to use the “Say Something” reporting system in an effort to prevent school violence. Staff photo by Gregory Rec Two York County...
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An explosion of high school honors grads is warping the college admissions game
High school seniors today overwhelmingly graduate with honors, raising questions about the value of an A or a B and forcing college admissions officers to use various yardsticks to measure applicants....
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