LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Committee voted Tuesday to build big: a 950-student elementary school for pupils now attending Martel and Longley. The committee agreed with a Redistricting Committee recommendation to build a new school and to take students from other overcrowded elementary schools in the city. If the new school is approved by Lewiston […]
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Lewiston committee recommends big elementary school
LEWISTON — “Build big” is the recommendation for the new elementary school to replace the aging Martel Elementary School. The Lewiston Redistricting Committee on Monday night voted 11-4 in favor of “Option C,” which would be an elementary school of about 950 students, among the largest in Maine. If approved by voters, the school would […]
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Former Longley principal pushing book drive to help students
LEWISTON — Since she retired this past June, former Longley Elementary School Principal Linda St. Andre has traveled, overseen her kitchen remodeling and visited the grandkids. But emotionally, she hasn’t left the Longley students. “I’m constantly thinking about them,” St. Andre said Wednesday. “I knew as I made the decision to retire, I wanted to […]
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Redistricting hearing for Martel parents tonight
LEWISTON — Martel Elementary School parents and other community members are invited to offer their input on which students should fill a new school that will replace Martel Elementary in the fall of 2017. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at Martel Elementary on Lisbon Street. The Lewiston School Redistricting Committee, which is charged with […]
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Region 9 students help battle woods fire
MEXICO — Fire science students from the Region 9 School of Applied Technology were among the many firefighters who battled a woods fire in Hartford on Monday night and all day Tuesday. Fire science instructor Jon Longley said 15 juniors and seniors, either in the first-year or second-year class, had a chance to put what […]
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New Lewiston school redistricting panel gets to work Tuesday
LEWISTON — A new 22-member committee assigned with recommending which students should attend a new school will hold its first meeting Tuesday. The Redistricting Committee will meet from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lewiston School Department’s Dingley Building on Oak Street. Before Lewiston plans the design and location for a new elementary school, the […]
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Lewiston School Committee OKs new redistricting panel
LEWISTON — The School Department will begin assembling a new 22-member redistricting committee in anticipation of a new, larger school to replace Martel Elementary, the School Committee decided Monday night. The state has told Superintendent Bill Webster that the city is in the 2017 funding cycle to replace the 1925 school building on Lisbon Street. […]
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Lewiston again tackling redistricting students
LEWISTON — The topic of redistricting students, which was controversial in 2012 and 2013, is back. Superintendent Bill Webster will present the School Committee on Monday night with plans to hire an architect to build a school and establish a new redistricting committee. Redistricting is resurfacing because Lewiston has been approved for state construction money […]
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Maine’s top educators visit Longley Elementary School
LEWISTON — Seconds after Maine Acting Education Commissioner Jim Rier walked into a Longley Elementary classroom Thursday, he heard the school chant from third-graders. Wearing a smile and a purple head scarf, Hawo Tawane stood up to lead. “Nice loud, proud voice,” teacher Rebecca Belleau coached. “Longley Lions roar with pride,” she sang. Students repeated […]