Minors tend to leave home because of adverse situations, such as drug use, conflict within the home and parents who are not accepting of the child’s gender or sexuality.
Auburn School Department
Auburn school superintendent retiring
Brown did not list a reason for her departure, although she praised her colleagues for their work over the past three years.
Chronic absenteeism rates at Maine schools remain high, state data shows
Students who miss two days or more of school during the first month have a higher risk of being chronically absent during the school year.
Auburn educators ready to welcome students to new high school
The public will be able to see the new school during a ribbon-cutting event later this month.
Auburn switches teacher workshop day to class day
AUBURN — The School Department is turning a teacher workshop day into a regular school day this month to make up for one of five snow days this winter. Superintendent Katy Grondin announced the decision Monday morning on Twitter. “Due to the number of snow days so far this winter, we have decided to change […]
Whooping cough confirmed in Edward Little High School
AUBURN — School officials are advising parents to watch for signs of whooping cough in their kids after two students at Edward Little High School have been diagnosed with the illness. Two students at Auburn Middle School are also being monitored, but that school does not have any confirmed cases. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is […]
Auburn superintendent Katy Grondin to address Rotary
AUBURN — The guest speaker at the next meeting of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club will be Auburn superintendent Katy Grondin. The event will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at the Village Inn, at 165 High St. Grondin is the Superintendent for the Auburn School Department. Her love for the Auburn community […]
Rotarians to hear Auburn schools superintendent
AUBURN — Katherine Grondin, Auburn School Department superintendent, will address the L-A Rotary Lunch Club noon meeting on Thursday, March 8, at the Village Inn. Grondin’s love for the Auburn community began when her family moved to Maine in the summer of 1979. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1982 and attended the […]
An unreasonable school policy
I write in response to the article about the Auburn School Department’s ruling about the planned student walkout at Edward Little High School. A vigil for an act of terrorism in which 17 students and teachers died is a “political demonstration,” and the School Department stated it doesn’t want to favor one position over another? […]
Louise M. DiMaggio
LEWISTON — Louise M. DiMaggio, 84, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side Tuesday, Nov. 21. She was born in Boston on July 10, 1933, the daughter of the late Redmond and Louise (Higgins) Alward. Louise would tell anyone that the most important thing in her life were her six children. She was […]