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Maine school districts scramble to hire up for the school year
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—School districts around the state and the country are struggling to fill positions for the coming school year and time is running out. The first day of school for Maine students is just ...
Board of Buxton school district votes against removing book from library
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 4—The board of one of Maine's largest school districts rejected an appeal from parents who sought to have School Administrative District 6 remove a controversial book on gender and sexuality ...
Buxton-based school board considers removing books about sexuality and gender identity from school...
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 23—Buxton-based School Administrative District 6 is the latest school system in Maine weighing whether to remove books about sexuality and gender identity from school libraries at the request ...
EDITORIAL: Maine school districts shouldn't yield to book-banning minority
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 24—"We educate all students who walk through our doors, and we have to make sure one parent's views do not override the opinions of others." That's how Superintendent Clay Gleason of Buxton-based ...
Maine school district votes against removal of one of the nation’s most-challenged books
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance A school board in southern Maine on Monday voted almost unanimously to keep...
Maine to receive over $426 million in federal funds, with $75 million for Androscoggin, Franklin and...
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMar. 9—WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins' office announced Maine's share of the $468.7 billion 2024 appropriations package passed by the U.S. Senate on Friday night and signed into law by ...
Maine school districts confront COVID-19 funding cliff
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 26—Lately, sleep has been hard to come by for Jamie Caouette, who runs a Lewiston public schools program that supports some of the district's 250 homeless students. Instead of getting some ...
Want to borrow 'Gender Queer' from your local library? You may have to get in line.
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 24—In the wake of discussions on whether a graphic novel exploring gender identity and sexuality is appropriate for Maine's high school libraries, interest in reading the book has grown ...
Turner-based district adds school resource officer to proposed budget
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 6—Administrators in Maine School Administrative District 52 are asking the public to support hiring a school resource officer to improve safety and student intervention services. Superintendent ...
Conservative activist who fought Maine school districts over race, gender policies dies by suicide
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoJun. 5—A conservative activist who was a vocal critic of transgender and racially inclusive policies at school districts across the state died by suicide Monday, the state medical examiner's ...