LEWISTON — Superintendent Bill Webster had always wanted to cancel school with a song. On Tuesday, he saw his opportunity and seized it. In a one-minute video posted on YouTube, Webster croons, “You want to know, you want to know, you want to know if there’ll be school today.” He plays the piano. He plays […]
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No local candidates for Lewiston school superintendent
LEWISTON — None of the six applicants for Lewiston School superintendent is an in-house candidate, and only one is from Maine, according to the consultants’ report to the School Committee. Committee members are scheduled to interview candidates Monday, Wednesday and Thursday in closed-door meetings. Superintendent Bill Webster, who was hired in 2010, announced last summer he is […]
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Search to be launched for new Lewiston school principal
In this file photo, Martel Elementary School students leave at the end of a school day. Martel and Longley Elementary School students will be blended in 2019 when Connors Elementary School opens. A search for a new principal will be launched next year. (Sun Journal file photo) LEWISTON — This fall and winter Lewiston Superintendent […]
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Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster retiring next year
Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster takes a break Tuesday afternoon from meetings at the Dingley Building. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School Class of 2019 will be the last to receive its diplomas from Superintendent Bill Webster, who has announced he will retire in a year. In a letter Tuesday to School Committee […]
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Lewiston schools changing field trip procedures after drowning
LEWISTON — Superintendent Bill Webster is making more changes to school department protocol a day after calling for an additional investigation into the drowning death of Lewiston Middle School student Rayan Issa on Tuesday. Webster said he directed staff Thursday to implement new procedures for field trip approval forms, stipulating that any forms going to […]
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Lewiston Middle School student who drowned on field trip identified
[do_widget id=td_block_7_widget-12] POLAND — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office has identified the 13-year-old boy from Lewiston Middle School who died Tuesday at Range Pond State Park. Rayan A. Issa of Lewiston, a seventh-grade student at the school, drowned Tuesday while on a school field trip, according to a release from Chief Deputy William Gagne. The […]
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Common sense review of budget
Congratulations to Benjamin Martin for taking the initiative to confront Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster regarding the school budget for 2018-19. Shame on those who criticized his using robocalls to hopefully increase voter turnout and make people aware of the out-of-control budget. The school department uses robocalls to contact all student households plus mails out […]
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Lewiston School Board sends $82.9 million budget to City Council
LEWISTON — The School Committee unanimously approved an $82.9 million budget for 2018-19 Monday night. The overall spending plan is up 11.7 percent from this fiscal year, in part because of Connors Elementary School, which is under construction. The state is paying for the school, but that payment adds to the overall budget. Without the […]
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Webster's ideal calendar: Year-round school with 3-week breaks
LEWISTON — School Superintendent Bill Webster has a ready answer when asked what the perfect school calendar would look like if we lived in an ideal world? “If there weren’t any political restrictions — and of course there always are political restrictions — I would favor a year-round calendar,” Webster said. That calendar would have […]
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Lewiston school budget up nearly 12 percent
LEWISTON — The proposed $83.18 million school budget would put a lot more money — and teachers — into classrooms, giving all students the help they need, Superintendent Bill Webster told the School Committee on Monday night. The 2018-19 budget calls for 38 new positions, including more than 30 teachers, along with educational technicians, teacher coaches and […]