Maine was one of 10 states awarded additional federal grant money Thursday to turn around struggling schools. It’s part of the same pot of funds awarded to Lewiston last year for Montello Elementary School. The latest grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Improvement Grants program ranged from $46.7 million for Texas to $1.1 […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Feb. 24 AUBURN — City Council workshop at 5:30 p.m. Topics include budget and bond package for Auburn Water District. Regular meeting at 7 p.m. LEWISTON — School Committee, 6:45 p.m., Dingley Building, reports of Lewiston Middle School improvements, funding reclassification from unexpected McMahon construction funds, No Child Left Behind accountability and Montello School […]
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Maine’s education boss sees Lewiston’s Montello school’s new plans
LEWISTON — At Montello Elementary School on Thursday morning, the lesson was multiplication in Jessie Hartford’s fifth-grade class. Some students worked in teams. Others, including Paige Gagnon and Julia Svor, played card games or “multiplication war,” which reinforced the multiplication table. Maisie Whelchel challenged Maine Department of Education Acting Commissioner Jim Rier to a game […]
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Schools, staff, ready for first day Wednesday
The big yellow buses will roll through Lewiston and Auburn early Wednesday as school reopens for Lewiston’s estimated 5,000 students and Auburn’s 3,500 students. Lewiston will have 31 buses on the road, plus 19 vehicles for special ed students. “We transport 2,600 kid every day, twice a day.” Lewiston School Department Transportation Director Butch Pratt […]