Video about Casco Bay HS featured at film festival this month A video about Casco Bay High School and the way it supports and empowers students, titled “Walking in Solidarity,” will be a featured short video in This Is Our Chance Film Festival. The free virtual film festival will run from Oct. 6-27 and focuses […]
Maine schools
Posted inThe Forecaster
School Notebook: Sept. 30
LGBTQ+ leaders build community and connection Committed to building youth connection and capacity, OUT Maine started an Emerging Leaders group of young adults last fall. OUT Maine, based in the Midcoast, works statewide to build a welcoming and affirming Maine for rural LGBTQ+ youth. To that end, the young adults volunteered to be junior counselors […]
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Our View: COVID-19 not the only infectious disease
Mainers will have to pick up the pace if we are going to meet the deadlines in the new vaccine law that was upheld by voters in March.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Broadband access key to Maine’s economic recovery
As work gets more mobile, we will need to invest in infrastructure that will bring jobs here. This isn’t a problem that the market will solve.
Posted inThe Forecaster
School Notebook: Sept. 16
Region 10 gets new scholarship for culinary students Representatives from the American Culinary Federation, Maine Chapter, presented a check for $10,000 on Aug. 26 to Region 10 Technical High School’s Superintendent/Director Paul Perzanoski and culinary arts program instructor, Chef Tim Dean, to create a scholarship fund. The money will be used at the district’s discretion […]
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
It’s free! All Maine K-12 students are eligible for free meals through December
Chrissy Michaud, food service director for Regional School Unit 2, said not enough families take advantage of this program and central Maine districts encourage parents to sign up.
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School Notebook: Sept. 2
Youth alternative program students celebrate graduation The Youth Building Alternatives Class of 2020 at Learning Works graduated in a socially distanced ceremony in Deering Oaks Park on Aug. 13. The ceremony was attended by a small number of staff and the graduates’ families. According to Learning Works’ website, the Youth Building Alternatives program serves teens […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The school/college reopening conundrum – face-to-face or remote learning?
We need appropriate distance education tools, not as fallback approaches, but rather as an effective and desirable alternative.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
In pursuit of safety, Maine schools revisit a model from the past
The reduced risk of virus transmission outside buildings is prompting school districts to plan for outdoor classrooms, hearkening to the early decades of the 20th century, when other infectious disease outbreaks pushed education into the fresh air.
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Tom Allen: Congress must act to keep students connected
Schools can’t reopen successfully without bipartisan support for smart policies to bridge the digital divide and serve rural and underserved areas.