The SAD 51 School Board will vote on the contract on Dec. 19, finalizing the agreement that has been negotiated since January.
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Teachers’ union wins labor dispute against Cumberland-North Yarmouth district
The Maine Labor Relations Board found that MSAD 51 discriminated against a school therapist and exhibited anti-union sentiments.
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Whooping cough reported in Cumberland schools
The district is dealing with a minor outbreak of the respiratory infection.
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SAD 51’s One Campus project on track for spring bids
Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, leader of the project’s Turf Committee, is confident the turf options presented will have an option that satisfies three core criteria: no PFAS, no tire crumb rubber infill, and the ability to eventually recycle the turf.
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SAD 51 bus drivers settle contract; teachers still in talks
Graham Shove, head of the SAD 51 Education Association, declined to comment on negotiations or why the teachers contract has been unable to resolve since January.
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SAD 51 lays out timeline for school project
The Cumberland-North Yarmouth district will set up a building committee of stakeholders, and numerous subcommittees, to help guide the project, with the goal of opening a new pre-K and Grade 1 school in three years.
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Local parents’ pushback against smartphones picks up speed
The Turn the Tide Coalition, with members from throughout Cumberland County, seeks to put an end to phone-centered childhoods and get kids thinking creatively, playing and interacting again.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
SAD 51 voters narrowly approve school project for Greely campus
Voters in North Yarmouth were against the school bond, 808-704, but it passed by 49 votes districtwide.
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Cumberland and North Yarmouth narrowly approve $53.5 million school project
The proposal includes building a new school for pre-K to first grade students, $3 million for a turf field, updates to other schools and new maintenance buildings.
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Four in Cumberland, two in North Yarmouth vie for three seats on SAD 51 board
Jeffrey DiBartolomeo, Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, Abraham Suresh and Sean Thurston are competing for the two three-year seats for Cumberland. Suzannah Dowling and Sara Rose are squaring off for the open three-year school board seat representing North Yarmouth.