The new tentative agreement between the school district and about a 100 of its staff outlines 3 percent raises for each year, plus new paid lunch breaks, a 3-day bereavement leave and other improved benefits.
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Auburn ed techs and secretaries struggle with low wages, limited benefits
Negotiations are underway to find a middle ground between the district and about 100 education technicians and secretaries who have been working on an expired contract since September.
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Lewiston schools to hold naloxone training next week
Mandated by a new Maine law, public schools now offer optional training to teach students how to administer the medication that reverses opioid overdoses.
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Special ed teacher files suit against Auburn school system
The suit alleges administrators failed to take action on reports of teachers bullying, demeaning and in some case inappropriately touching students.
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Auburn summer program aims to help new Mainers build relationship with the outdoors
Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program.
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Lewiston, Auburn hit 10-year high for number of homeless students
Other school districts in central and western Maine counted a higher-than-average number of homeless students.
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Auburn residents approve $59.1 million school budget, extra state funds
The school budget was approved by a vote of 776-168, and the special municipal referendum passed 768-172.
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Maine school districts confront COVID-19 funding cliff
Across-the-board expenses are rising just as federal pandemic relief is running out. Educators see a ‘perfect storm of financial pressures’ that will challenge schools for the next two years.
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Auburn school officials plan cuts to athletic programs
Administrators say the cuts were necessary to help offset rising transportation and athletic training costs.
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Homeless in Maine: Rising number of homeless teens face grim future
Many of them lack a stable, supportive family, and end up creating their own ‘family’ on the street with other homeless youths.