LEWISTON — After its first year, Lewiston-Auburn’s only public charter school, Acadia Academy, received high praise from the state agency that oversees public charter schools. Acadia Academy opened in the fall of 2016 at 12 Westminster St. with 130 students in grades prekindergarten to second. In its report, the Maine Charter School Commission said it […]
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Lewiston’s first public charter school wins final approval
LEWISTON — Lewiston-Auburn is getting its first public charter school this fall. The Maine Charter School Commission gave final approval Tuesday for Acadia Academy to open an elementary school, Commission Executive Director Bob Kautz said. The vote was 6-0. “We are certainly excited,” Acadia Academy President Christopher Brann, a local banker, said. “We have certainly […]
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Location announced for Lewiston charter school
LEWISTON — A building that was once a bowling alley will become a public elementary charter school this fall, if it wins final approval March 1. The 12 Westminster St. building, which used to be Holiday Lanes Bowling Alley behind Maine Broadcasting, will be redeveloped as Acadia Academy, academy President Chris Brann said Tuesday. The […]
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Margaret Murphy Children’s Center files charter school application
PORTLAND — A Lewiston-Auburn group is one of four groups applying for the last three charter school slots in Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports that Acadia Academy in Lewiston-Auburn, Inspire ME Academy in York County, Peridot Montessori Education in Hancock County and Snow Pond Arts Academy in Sidney by Tuesday’s deadline. The Acadia Academy was proposed […]
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Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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Lewiston committee to vote on virtual school Monday
LEWISTON — The local School Committee is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal to create an online high school. Superintendent Bill Webster said he had reservations about lessons being offered exclusively online, but he’d rather a student attend a Lewiston virtual school than the district pay thousands of dollars to a charter school. Webster […]
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Maine’s first virtual school to hold informational in Lewiston next month
Maine Connections Academy, a virtual charter school for students in grades seven through 12, is holding several informational workshops this month and next for Maine parents and students interested in a nontraditional middle school and high school environment. The publicly funded school will be capped at 297 students, according to its website. Students enrolled with […]
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Harpswell charter school official says failure to test students was ‘beginner’s mistake’
AUGUSTA — A charter school in its first year of operation has drawn criticism from the state because it failed to administer statewide exams last fall. Harpswell Coastal Academy is not in compliance with its contract, executive director of the Maine Charter School Commission Bob Kautz said Wednesday. The tests are a state requirement and […]
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LePage vetoes virtual charter school bill
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed a bill on Thursday that would direct the state to work toward creating a state-run virtual charter academy, citing concerns with part of the proposal that places a moratorium on cyber schools until next year. In his veto letter, the Republican governor said the bill aims to halt […]
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Commission rejects Lewiston-Auburn charter school
AUGUSTA — There will be no publicly financed charter school opening in Lewiston-Auburn this fall. A state commission not only voted unanimously Monday to deny the application of the Lewiston-Auburn Academy Charter School, it voted to strike language in a report inviting the school with Turkish ties from applying again. And two members of the […]