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What’s on school menus this fall? Trade mitigation

by CANDICE CHOI Associated Press August 11, 2019August 11, 2019

Some of the food the U.S. is buying from farmers hard-hit by tariffs will end up on students’ lunch trays this year.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education

Winthrop voters to head to polls Tuesday in second attempt to approve school budget

by Abigail Austin August 11, 2019August 11, 2019

Voters turned down first budget proposal on June 11.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Struggling Maine Virtual Academy looks to renew charter for online education

by Rachel Ohm August 11, 2019August 10, 2019

School officials and a panel overseeing Maine’s charter schools point to improvements made since a report in January cited absenteeism and low test scores.

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Bribe or donation? Parent’s defense in college admissions scandal questions the difference

by COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Robert Zangrillo is one of 19 parents fighting charges in the college admissions bribery scheme at U.S. colleges

Local & State, Schools and Education

Construction on Brunswick’s new Kate Furbish Elementary School has hit halfway point

by Hannah LaClaire Times Record August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

The new $20.3 million pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade school is on schedule to open in 2020, officials say.

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Unity charter school could be last approved under Maine’s 10-school limit

by Rachel Ohm August 6, 2019August 6, 2019

Maine’s Charter School Commission votes to advance an application for the Ecology Learning Center, a high school for Waldo County students operating on the Unity College campus.