The Diocese of Worcester has told a local middle school that it can no longer identify itself as a Catholic school.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine legislative panel grills UMaine chancellor over ‘egregious’ presidential search
UMaine Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the board of trustees Chairperson Trish Riley spoke virtually to the Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.
UMaine trustees offer chancellor short-term contract extension, delaying decision on his future with system
Trish Riley, chair of the University of Maine System board of trustees, announces Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract has been extended through mid-July, allowing the board time to discuss the matter at its July 11 meeting.
Campus sex assault rules fall short, say critics, prompting overhaul call
As many victims of campus sexual assault see it, guidelines put in place to protect them at colleges have a long way to go to fulfill the promise of Title IX.
Voters approve $10.1 million budget for MSAD 58
Voters in Phillips were against the budget by a close margin, 68 to 64.
Voters approve $40 million budget for Farmington-based school district
RSU 9’s 2022-23 budget, a $1.13 million increase over the current year, will cost taxpayers across the district’s 10 towns $13.78 million.
Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales voters OK school budget for RSU 4
In total, 57% of voters across the three towns voted in support of the budget.
Water fixtures with high lead count in Spruce Mountain buildings to be fixed this summer
Results of tests taken April 14 found 15 out of 102 fixtures in Regional School Unit 73 buildings with lead levels higher than 4 ppb.
Photos: Mt. Blue High School’s Class of 2022 celebrates graduation
Photos by Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal
Waterville Board of Education votes to hire an assistant superintendent
The board on Monday also took the first of two required votes to approve a proposed $28.6 million school budget for 2022-23.