Potential uses included a community center, a new home for the teen center, a place for adult education classes, shared community and town space for events, sports and performances or a school-based medical clinic.
Brunswick School Department
Phillip Potenziano selected to lead Brunswick School Department
Potenziano is currently interim superintendent at RSU 21. He will replace retiring Brunswick Superintendent Paul Perzanoski.
Southern Midcoast school buildings to remain closed for remainder of school year
Neither RSU 1 nor Brunswick schools know whether an in-person graduation ceremony for high school seniors will be possible, but superintendents of both districts said they’re are exploring alternatives.
Area schools closed Monday as staffs work ‘furiously’ to plan for possible long-term closure
Staff from Brunswick, MSAD 75 and RSU 1 should still plan to work Monday to help form contingency plans for remote learning and for access to meals for students who depend on school lunches, according to letters from their respective superintendents. Harpswell Coastal Academy is closed for at least a week.
Brunswick Junior High and Coffin schools get renovation money from state, but less than hoped
The school department requested nearly $1 million in funds, largely to help update the junior high school, which has a laundry list of fixes totaling in the millions, but was approved for just under half.
Kate Furbish mascot decision stirs controversy after school board overrides students
Coffin Elementary School students voted Dec. 20 to decide between the dragonfly, the bumblebee and the chickadee. Students selected the chickadee. The school board later selected the dragonfly instead. The school board will revisit the issue Thursday.
Public forum to discuss desired qualities for new school superintendent
The forum is scheduled for 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School.
Brunswick schools seeking community members to share skills with students in new survey
The responses so far have ranged from an opera singer to a field scientist, and each can offer a way to not only help students visualize what a career in each of the fields may look like, but also start building networks early.
Brunswick council votes to double its compensation
The school board, which has also gone decades without a raise, is considering stipend increases as well.