School board postpones bid to end town rotation for chair
The local school board has reversed course and postponed indefinitely a move by some of its members to end a long-standing policy of rotating the chair position by town each year.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Apr 16, 2024 | Education | 0
The local school board has reversed course and postponed indefinitely a move by some of its members to end a long-standing policy of rotating the chair position by town each year.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Apr 11, 2024 | Education | 0
Over the protests of students, the local school board’s Finance Committee has endorsed a proposed fiscal year 2025 budget that would eliminate a handful of high school teaching positions while setting aside funds for a strategic plan and other new expenses.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Apr 6, 2024 | Education | 0
Some members of the local school board are attempting to assert more control over the process of...
Read Moreby Harpswell Anchor | Apr 3, 2024 | Education | 0
Harpswell resident Amanda Brillant was named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at the University of Southern Maine. Brillant, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, is majoring in social and behavioral science with a concentration in counseling and a minor in holistic and integrative health.
Read Moreby Bisi Cameron Yee | Mar 30, 2024 | Education | 0
Xavier Kane and Emmett Stuart, two students in Abby Svenson’s fifth grade class at Harpswell Community School, worked together to fold an American flag on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in February.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Mar 30, 2024 | Education | 0
Local school district officials have chosen not to accommodate a community petition seeking to amend the district’s new anti-discrimination policy for transgender and gender-expansive students, saying the proposed change could enable bullying and discrimination.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Mar 30, 2024 | Education | 0
Citing safety concerns, the local school board has decided to cancel all K-12 classes across the district on Monday, April 8, because of a total solar eclipse set to occur that afternoon.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Mar 29, 2024 | Education | 0
Chris Hoffman is adamant that the most urgent challenge facing educators today is how to curb the negative effects of social media and smartphone use on children and adolescents.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Mar 12, 2024 | Education | 0
A former educator has launched a petition drive in opposition to the local school district’s recently approved policy to protect transgender and gender-expansive students from bullying and discrimination.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Mar 4, 2024 | Education | 0
In an era of heated conflict for the local school board, Harpswell resident Frank Wright seeks to bring down the temperature with his calm, deliberative, respectful demeanor.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Feb 16, 2024 | Education | 0
The local school district has agreed to change how it promotes a high school affinity group for students of color after receiving a complaint from a think tank known for opposing “woke” anti-racism curricula.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Feb 7, 2024 | Education | 0
Building a canoe isn’t just an exercise for the hands — it also engages the mind in a variety of ways. In the case of Mt. Ararat Middle School students Keegan Pennell and Carter Decker, canoe-building has become a gateway to developing a greater passion for learning in general.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Feb 2, 2024 | Education | 0
Maine School Administrative District 75 recently hosted two forums to explain steps it is taking to keep children safe in an academic year marked by an unusually high number of threats to local students.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Jan 31, 2024 | Education | 0
The local school board has overwhelmingly endorsed plans to enter a federal lottery for a rebate of up to $200,000 on the purchase of an electric school bus and charging station, citing children’s health and environmental concerns.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Nov 21, 2023 | Education | 0
After several months of discussion and debate, the local school board has unanimously approved its first-ever policy intended to protect transgender and gender-expansive students from bullying and discrimination.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Nov 2, 2023 | Education, News | 0
A week after being closed for two days following back-to-back mass shootings in Lewiston, area schools were placed on temporary lockdown Thursday, Nov. 2, in response to alleged threats of violence by a Caribou man who was later arrested.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Oct 29, 2023 | Education, News | 0
The local school district announced schools would reopen Monday an hour later than usual following a two-day closure in the wake of two mass shootings Wednesday night in Lewiston that killed 18 people and left 13 injured.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Oct 27, 2023 | Education | 0
The local school district announced schools would remain closed Friday as police continued to search for the perpetrator of two mass shootings Wednesday night in Lewiston that have left at least 18 people dead.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Oct 26, 2023 | Education | 0
The local school district announced schools would remain closed Thursday as police continued to search for the perpetrator of two mass shootings Wednesday night in Lewiston that left at least 16 people dead.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Oct 17, 2023 | Education | 0
The local school board has approved further changes to the district’s proposed anti-discrimination policy for transgender and gender-expansive students in an attempt to balance students’ privacy rights with parents’ right to be informed.
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