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PublishedAugust 4, 2023
Following clash over Trump, Pride flags, Gardiner high schoolers now required to submit proposals to hang items on walls
Officials decided not to extend a temporary rule imposed in June only allowing the display of the American flag.
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PublishedJune 6, 2023
‘Heated’ student argument over Pride, Trump flags prompts Gardiner school to only allow display of American flag
Administrators of Gardiner Area High School adopted the temporary policy after a student put a Trump flag over a Pride flag Friday.
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PublishedMay 20, 2023
Culinary arts students at Augusta-based technical center learn by running school’s food trailer
Chef Heidi Parent strives to be innovative with her culinary arts program, including using COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to buy a food trailer for her students to run.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Winthrop school board raises substitute ed tech pay by $30 a day to attract workers
The move to match the $130-a-day rate substitute teachers are paid makes Winthrop Public Schools among the highest-paying district in the Augusta area for substitute education technicians.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
School meals served on remote learning days will now be reimbursed by the state
The news could be a boon to central Maine districts that were facing thousands of dollars of unbudgeted expenses or ending the school year in late June.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2022
Active shooter hoax calls at Maine schools were ‘very real’ to those involved
The calls impacted 10 schools across Maine and are still under investigation by the Maine State Police and FBI.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2022
Two Augusta area schools find ‘forever chemicals’ in their water supplies
The two schools, Helen A. Thompson School in West Gardiner and Whitefield Elementary School, plan to install filtration systems in the next month.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2022
Widespread school resignations leave some local districts scrambling as students prepare to return
The need for ed techs is especially great at some local schools, as the jobs have undertaken more responsibilities without corresponding increases in pay.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2022
With school out for the summer, Maine teachers take on 2nd, 3rd jobs
Historically, about 20% of teachers across the country have taken on secondary jobs across the country during the school year. In the summer, that figure rose to about 33%, according to the latest national data.
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PublishedApril 14, 2022
Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs
The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.
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