AUBURN — After two principals stood up in support and one parent raised concerns about proficiency-based learning, school board Chairman Tom Kendall closed a half-hour public hearing on the school department’s $44.1 million budget Wednesday night. He added that it might have been record timing. Superintendent Katy Grondin started the hearing by walking through the […]
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Lewiston schools to offer free meals to all students
For students who eat lunch every day at school, that’s a $10 savings each week for a high school student, $7.55 a week for an elementary school student. Like a growing number of schools across the country, Lewiston is joining the so-called “Community Eligibility Provision,” created under the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 […]
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Auburn Middle School budget forum critical of tax cap
AUBURN — It didn’t come down to cutting city or school spending, according to some of the nearly 100 residents at Thursday night’s budget forum at Auburn Middle School. Neither one spends enough, they said. “This is my city and I’ve invested in this city and I want to stay in it,” Sharon Wood of […]
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Auburn council plans to stick to 1.8 percent budget increase
AUBURN — Councilors signaled Monday night that they plan to keep city budgets on a tight line, limiting both municipal and school spending to a strict 1.8 percent increase. Councilors heard budget presentations from both School Superintendent Katy Grondin and acting City Manager Howard Kroll at a special workshop meeting Monday night. Kroll’s budget called […]
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Pelletier resigns from Auburn School Committee
AUBURN — After suffering serious injuries in a fall from a ladder, Auburn School Committee Chairman Larry Pelletier has resigned, saying his injuries prevent him from performing the job. He is the fourth committee member to quit in the past year. Tom Kendall will serve as acting chairman. Pelletier, 67, said Friday he […]
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School starts in 2 days! Get to know your child’s teacher, school
Editor’s note: School starts soon, and how a student does in school depends a lot on his or her parents. We asked area teachers and administrators for their best tips on how parents can help their children have success in school. Their suggestions will run every day through Aug. 27. Today’s tip: Get to know […]
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Auburn schools will ask parental permission before teaching about sex abuse
AUBURN — Before any kindergarten, second- or fourth-grader receives safety lessons that teach vocabulary words of “breasts,” “buttocks,” “vagina” and “penis,” the Auburn School Department will ask parents to say yes or no on whether their child can be in the class, Superintendent Katy Grondin said. That’s a change. Before now, it was up to […]
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Auburn school officials ask for public input on budget
AUBURN — A public hearing on the 2014-15 school budget will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday by the School Committee. The $39.04 million proposal is 5 percent more than the current budget and would increase property taxes $118 for a home valued at $150,000. The major reasons for the increase are flat funding from […]
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New contract means Auburn teachers will have to wait for raises
AUBURN — Auburn teachers have a new labor contract that gives them no raises this year, but they will get raises next year and some will get make-up step raises. The contract is “a placeholder,” Auburn Education Association President Bill Reilley said. “We’re pleased we could resolve a bridge contract for teachers,” Superintendent Katy Grondin […]
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Arbitrator rules Auburn’s outsourcing bus drivers did not violate labor contract
AUBURN — A labor mediator has ruled that the School Department did not violate collective bargaining when it privatized its bus drivers to Northeast Charter of Lewiston. The School Committee voted last August to eliminate its transportation department positions, including 23 bus drivers, a mechanic and three bus aides. The union representing the bus drivers, […]