The Lewisotn School Committee approved Amber Eliason to be principal at McMahon Elementary School and Amanda Winslow to be principal at Farwell Elementary School. LEWISTON — Two of the city’s elementary schools are getting new principals. The Lewiston School Committee this week unanimously tapped two district veterans to take the helm at Farwell and McMahon […]
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Committee OKs Lewiston law targeting truant 5- and 6-year-olds
AUGUSTA — When people think of truancy, what typically comes to mind is wayward teenagers trying to dodge what they consider yet another boring day in high school. Think of the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” for example. But that’s not how it always is. In Lewiston, for example, one 6-year-old missed over 50 days […]
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Lewiston assistant superintendent Tom Jarvis to retire
LEWISTON — Lewiston School Assistant Superintendent Tom Jarvis is retiring this summer. The announcement was made Monday night to the School Committee by Superintendent Bill Webster. Jarvis, of Lewiston, has worked in education for 43 years, the past 17 years for Lewiston public schools. He’s retiring in August when he turns 65. In a letter […]
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ACLU charges about public schools in Lewiston are without merit
The ACLU often plays an important role in the protection of constitutional rights, but the organization can sometimes take an inappropriate adversarial approach based upon outdated information and inaccuracies. That is the case with the recent charges against Lewiston schools. Last year, I met with Zachary Heiden, ACLU legal director, about the ACLU and Lewiston […]
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Street Talk: Bill Webster’s got bearditude
Henceforth, it shall be known as The Bill Webster Effect. Mr. Webster, our esteemed Lewiston school superintendent, has grown a beard so epic, it has forced me to re-evaluate everything I thought I knew about facial hair, manliness and the drive train on my 2004 Ford Ranger. A beard so manly and adventurous that Ernest […]
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Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster back at work
LEWISTON — Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster was back at his desk Wednesday after he and his wife, Molly, took a three-month ride to the Bahamas in their small boat, Salty Paws. After some controversy when the Lewiston School Committee approved Webster’s vacation, they left Maine in October and sailed down the Atlantic coast as […]
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Election year brings teachable moments
Editor’s note: The following are opening day remarks by Superintendent Bill Webster to Lewiston public school teachers. Good morning and welcome to the official beginning of the new school year. The start of a year is always special, and one teacher likened the first day to a second New Year’s. “It is our day to make […]
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Once bitten, twice shy
At the Lewiston School Committee meeting on Monday, Aug. 22, it was brought to the public’s attention that Bill Webster’s 85-day vacation was not his doing, but rather the School Committee’s offer made to keep him from retiring. As a citizen and taxpayer, I question why anyone would allow him to take that time in […]
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Lewiston High adds Chinese after it can’t find 2nd French teacher
LEWISTON — The School Committee has agreed to add Chinese language classes at the high school because no replacement could be found for one of two French teachers. The school also will offer Arabic for the first time. That program is paid for through a grant. This means the high school will offer five foreign […]
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Three-month vacation? Ridiculous
This is in response to a story in the Sun Journal on July 20, in which the head of the teachers’ union reacted to news that Lewiston’s Superintendent of Schools Bill Webster is planning to take an extended vacation — a three-month vacation — during the school year. That is ridiculous. My big question here […]