LEWISTON — During one of the four lunch periods in the Lewiston High School cafeteria Monday, sophomore Kelen Painter, 15, sat across from Xzavier Rosario, 15. The boys did not know each other. Rosario is new in town. By the time their brief lunch period ended, they knew each other a bit better. Painter said […]
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Scarborough group starts petitions to remove school board members
A group of Scarborough residents began circulating official petitions Tuesday to remove three school board members amid controversy over the recent resignation of the high school principal. The group, which has a Facebook page titled “Road to Renewal,” says its main objective is to force the resignation of Superintendent Julie Kukenberger and the reinstatement of […]
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Scenes from Leavitt Area High School Duathlon
Mt. Abram High School Nordic ski coach Sally Bean throws a snowball at Chandler Rollins, also of Mt. Abram, during the Leavitt Area High School Duathlon in Turner on Wednesday. High school ski teams from as far away at Camden participated in the annual end-of-the-season event. Skiers complete a 2.5K lap on classic skis and […]
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'Picture of education in fear' as Parkland students return with armed guards
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and teachers passed through tight security cordons of dozens of officers as classes resumed Wednesday for the first time since a troubled teenager with an AR-15 killed 17 people, thrusting them into the center of the nation’s gun debate. The armed police, designed to make Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School […]
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Scarborough principal to fight 'forced' resignation after students’ morning protest
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough High School Principal David Creech has rescinded a resignation his attorney says was forced by the superintendent of schools for unknown reasons. Creech said he wants to keep his job as hundreds of students and parents gathered to protested his removal Monday morning. Creech submitted his resignation Feb. 16, a day after […]
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Cape Elizabeth student charged with terrorizing after alleged school threat
A 17-year-old student at Cape Elizabeth High School was charged with misdemeanor terrorizing after he posted a message on social media that was interpreted as a threat involving a gun, Cape Elizabeth Police Chief Neil Williams said Monday. The teen, whose name will not be released because he is a juvenile and is facing a […]
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Scarborough in uproar following high school principal's 'forced' resignation
Scarborough High School Principal David Creech submitted his resignation suddenly and without giving a public reason on Friday amid an intensifying community dispute over new school start times that are set to take effect in the fall. Creech’s action followed a heated Board of Education meeting on Thursday, when the Scarborough Education Association issued a […]
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Bonny Eagle H.S. students sent home after heavy smoke forces evacuation
Firefighters from multiple departments were called to Bonny Eagle High School in Standish Friday morning after heavy smoke was reported in the building. The Standish Fire Department was called to the school on Saco Road around 9:30 a.m. for reported smoke on two floors of the building. Mutual aid was requested from other local departments, […]
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Gardiner science teacher charged with sexually assaulting 16-year-old girl
AUGUSTA — A science teacher at Gardiner Area High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, allegedly plying her with alcohol at a home before assaulting her. John M. Glowa Jr., 43, of Readfield, faces two counts of gross sexual assault and one of furnishing liquor to a minor. He was expected […]
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Holding court at Mt. Blue food court
Students at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington hang out in the food court after classes Thursday. From left are brothers Bradley Shamba, a sophomore, and Brandon Shamba, a senior, Griffin Mayhew, a senior, and Haven Doyle and Farrah Vallou, both freshmen. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)