Some 50 residents of all ages have been meeting weekly to come up with four possible concepts to address the problem.
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Forum: Unified Sports breaking down barriers at Scarborough schools
At 7 p.m. Friday, March 8, the Scarborough Unified Basketball teams were presented with a banner representing their honorable recognition as a National Unified Champion School from ESPN Special Olympics. In addition to a night full of joyous celebration of unity and pride, members of the Unified Sports teams competed in special games against the […]
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Cheers for Scarborough Olympians
Thirty-three K-12 athletes from Scarborough schools competed in the Special Olympics Cumberland County Area Track and Field Meet.
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Nadeau named new Scarborough superintendent
Diane Nadeau joined the district in 2017 as principal of the middle school before she was chosen for the assistant superintendent position in 2019.
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Budget cutting underway to offset impact of revaluation in Scarborough
The council and school committee are each looking to reduce budgets by $1 million to reach a 5% increase goal.
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Council Corner: It’s time for a change from ‘tax and spend empire’
“The more things change, the more they remain the same.” “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.” We are grappling again with our school and town budget. It has been complicated by leadership turnover in our schools and multiple crises from a local to national level. We have evolved from local control of education […]
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Survey going out to gauge Scarborough residents’ support for school solutions
The survey will be distributed to a random sample of residents.
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Scarborough’s proposed town-school budget up 6.4%
The $87.4 million proposal aims to retain staff and maintain the quality of municipal services, town officials said, while adding additional school personnel and making other investments.
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New ‘live fire’ facility will improve training for WRVC students, county’s firefighters
Westbrook Regional Vocational Center expects $1.5 million in federal funding to build a “live fire” facility.
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Scarborough superintendent leaving for new job at close of school year
Geoff Bruno has submitted his resignation to accept a job in Massachusetts.