A mother and daughter who opposed the use of ‘Freak the Mighty’ got their school to drop the text, but the district now faces opposition from the teachers’ union over academic integrity and intellectual freedom.
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Bill would make all Maine children eligible for free breakfast, lunch in schools
Legislation sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson would require Maine to supplement what the state receives in federal funding for free and reduced lunch coverage.
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Richmond officials tell voters to focus on academics, not cost of stand-alone school district
In order to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2, the town of Richmond needs 822 votes, more than 50% of voters from the last gubernatorial election.
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To dance or not to dance? Maine schools navigate logistics of pandemic proms
Some high schools are skipping prom altogether, but some staff members, parents and students are finding ways to hold proms that look a little different, in hopes of bringing some normalcy to the end of the school year.
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Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement
The graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 23, but the event is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Colby College officials still deciding whether to require COVID-19 vaccinations for fall semester
Administrators at other Maine colleges — including Bowdoin College, Bates College, St. Joseph’s College and College of the Atlantic — have announced they will require full vaccinations prior to the fall semester.
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Operación Museo nets top honor for Portland Spanish teacher
José Iván Sabau Torrelo, a fifth-grade teacher in Lyseth Elementary School’s Spanish Immersion program, won the Ministry of Education, Embassy of Spain’s 2021 Teacher of the Year award for a detective game he created for his students.
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Freeport, Biddeford and Topsham educators among Maine’s county teachers of the year
The 16 county winners are now finalists for the annual Maine Teacher of the Year award, to be announced in October.
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Portland board to decide school start times next week
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that teens should sleep 8 to 10 hours on a regular basis to promote optimal health.
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Portland council votes to put $125.2 million school budget on June ballot
The councilors voted 7-2 to approve the total budget after an amendment seeking to reduce the amount to be raised from taxes failed 5-4.