AUBURN — School Superintendent Katy Grondin has been selected to receive this year’s Outstanding Leadership Award from the Maine School Superintendents Association. Grondin, an Auburn school teacher since 1988 and superintendent since 2011, will receive the award next month at the association’s annual conference June 24 at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel & Event in Bar […]
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There is a lack of trust in Auburn
The lack of humility is surprising. Nay. Astonishing. The day after Auburn voters soundly rejected a school budget for a second time, the Auburn School Committee met to map where to go from here. Committee Chairman Tom Kendall laid the blame squarely on the voters, on their lack of understanding of how their votes will […]
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Auburn superintendent Katy Grondin to address Rotary
AUBURN — The guest speaker at the next meeting of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club will be Auburn superintendent Katy Grondin. The event will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at the Village Inn, at 165 High St. Grondin is the Superintendent for the Auburn School Department. Her love for the Auburn community […]
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Auburn Democrats invite Auburn schools superintendent to speak
AUBURN — The monthly meeting of the Auburn Democratic City Committee will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Auburn Hall. After the business part of meeting, School Superintendent Katy Grondin will talk about the Auburn School Department joining the regional service center with other area school departments. All Auburn […]
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Auburn budget would put more teachers in classrooms
AUBURN — For the first time in years, the proposed Auburn school budget would put five more teachers in classrooms and reduce some class sizes at four schools. Superintendent Katy Grondin’s spending plan is $44.1 million, up 5.6 percent from this year’s $41.7 million. Taxpayers would be assessed 2.6 percent more than this fiscal year, which […]
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Auburn assistant principal convicted on OUI charge
AUBURN — The assistant principal at the city’s middle school was convicted Wednesday of operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident. A jury of eight men and four women in Androscoggin County Superior Court returned guilty verdicts on the two misdemeanor charges at the conclusion of the two-day trial […]
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Auburn superintendent responds to criticism from mayoral candidate
AUBURN — Superintendent of Schools Katy Grondin responded Thursday to direct criticism that she received from mayoral candidate Jason Levesque,who told a debate audience Wednesday that Grondin “has been less than honest with the people of Auburn time and time again.” Levesque was addressing a question about a perceived disconnect between Auburn school officials and parents, […]
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Got land? Search begins for new EL site
AUBURN — Got 25 or more acres in Auburn you want to sell or donate that could hold a new Edward Little High School? If so, the Auburn School Department wants to talk to you. The Building Committee planning the new school is working on site selection, Superintendent Katy Grondin said. “It’s one of the […]
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Auburn: Early release deserves more scrutiny
A proposal by the Auburn School Department for early-release Wednesdays for middle- and high-schoolers sounds quite a lot like its proposal for late-start Wednesdays, pitched and quickly folded in 2012. Five years ago, Superintendent Katy Grondin said the department is “committed to raising student achievement by increasing teacher effectiveness in order for all students to […]
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Auburn reviews protocol after two young students exit at wrong stop
AUBURN — The day after a pre-kindergarten student and first-grader got off at the wrong stop without the bus driver noticing, school officials met with the contract bus service to figure out how that happened and how to keep it from happening again. Superintendent Katy Grondin said Friday that the substitute bus driver’s list of […]