LEWISTON — More than 20 students, staff and parents aired their grievances about a new system of instruction, assessment, grading and academic reporting to the School Committee on Monday night. High school student Mackenzie Richard presented a petition signed by 259 high school students opposed to moving from a numerical grading system of 1 to 100 […]
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Smartphones and kids … a good mix?
With more teens feeling hopeless and suicidal, Maine schools, kids and parents struggle to deal with a technology that’s changed a generation. As principal of Oxford Elementary School, Tiffany Karnes has seen smartphone users start young. Like 7 years old young. “It would not be unusual to see a first- or second-grader who has a […]
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Lewiston: More state money to cover most of bigger school budget
LEWISTON — The city school budget for 2018-19 would increase nearly $10 million from this year, according to documents presented by Superintendent Bill Webster to the School Committee on Monday night. This year’s budget of $70.8 million would increase to about $80 million, according to the figures presented. Much of the increase would be covered […]
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'Implicit bias' topic of Black History Month forum
LEWISTON — A black basketball player wore Jordan sneakers for the game-day dress-up. A white player wore work books. Both Lewiston High School freshmen violated the dress-up rules: They were supposed to wear dress shoes. A white coach was pushing for the black player to be benched — but not the white player. The sneakers […]
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By the numbers
1,957: Number of students in Lewiston public schools who are African or African-American. 35.6: Percentage of total number of students. 1,080: Number of public school employees. 72: Number of black employees.* 4: Number of black teachers. 13: Number of black education technicians. *(May not be accurate because not all mark race/ethnicity on […]
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Face Time: Christopher Webb, teaching and leading
Christopher Webb is a Jobs for Maine Graduates specialist working with students at the Lewiston Middle School. Next year, he’ll become a second lieutenant in the Maine Army National Guard, thanks, in part, to those students. Name: Christopher Webb Age: 31 Lives: Lewiston What drew you into teaching? Former teachers and coaches I had in school. […]
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Merger, Gallant among area’s top 10 stories of 2017
Try describing 2017 in a concise way. We dare you. In Maine, as in the rest of the country, it was a year that started with a loud and often ugly political debate that never seemed to end. There were scandals of all kinds and tragedies almost too immense to bear. Locally, the idea to […]
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St. Mary's Nutrition Center wants students to mix it up outside the kitchen too
LEWISTON — In addition to promoting new, healthy food choices, a second goal of the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center’s youth group is to promote a healthy culture at the Lewiston High School cafeteria, said youth program director Sarah Ullman. Most of the time in the cafeteria, “black kids sit on one side, white kids sit […]
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Mark Cayer to fill vacant post on school board
LEWISTON — Pending approval by the Lewiston City Council, Mark Cayer has been nominated by Mayor-elect Shane Bouchard to fill the vacant spot of Ward 6 on the School Committee. Cayer’s experience as a school board member in Farmington and as a Lewiston city councilor make him an “easy choice,” Bouchard said in an email […]
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Lewiston High students win grant to reduce detention
LEWISTON — A group of Lewiston High School students has won a $113,000 grant to create a new position at the high school to decrease detentions and turn discipline into “teaching moments.” The students, leaders for the 21st Century after-school program, have been awarded the restorative practices grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation, the […]