LISBON — The School Committee was advised Monday night that laptops approved by the Maine Department of Education in August still haven’t arrived because of flooding from Hurricane Harvey and lost paperwork. However, the Hewlett Packard computers the district will receive will be better than the ones ordered and will cost less, Technology Director James Churchill […]
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Lewiston: School board to discuss suicide, new arts center
Lewiston High School drawing and painting teacher Nathaniel Meyer, center, works with freshman Shakira Girardin in his cramped classroom in the basement of the school Friday. The Lewiston School Committee on Monday will consider authorizing an architect’s study of a possible new performing arts center. LEWISTON — A revised suicide protocol policy, a decision pm […]
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Second clinical supervisor approved by School Committee
LEWISTON — The School Committee on Monday voted 6-3 to have a second district clinical supervisor and pay for it with $90,000 from the state subsidy emergency fund. There was disagreement among the committee about whether the emergency fund should be used to finance it. The district clinical supervisor is a special education position, but […]
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Lewiston School Committee OKs $90K for nurse practitioner
LEWISTON — The School Committee voted 6-1 Monday night to spend $90,000 for a nurse practitioner. A grant that had paid for the position was eliminated by the state. Community Clinical Services, which is affiliated with St. Mary’s Health System, has provided counseling and medical support to the Lewiston school system since the early 2000s, […]
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Lewiston High: New alternative ed teacher approved
LEWISTON — After being told that students who need alternative education at the high school are being turned away because there’s no room, the Lewiston School Committee voted Monday to reclassify a new teacher’s position from art to alternative education. The recently approved school budget had money for an additional art teacher. “My request is […]
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Calendar approved without early release for grades seven-12
AUBURN — The Auburn School Committee Wednesday night approved a new school calendar for 2017-18 that does not include any early-release days for students in grades seven-12. But the calendar could be amended next year, School Committee member Heidi Lachappelle said, if parents and educators agree on how to provide more professional development time to […]
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School Committee approves raising additional $1.65M in local funds
LISBON — The School Committee on Monday approved raising $1.65 million in additional local funds for the proposed 2017-2018 budget. A public hearing on the budget is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, at Lisbon Community School. That decision means the School Department exceeds the state’s Essential Programs and Services funding model by approximately […]
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Auburn holding early-release workshop Wednesday
AUBURN — The Auburn School Committee Wednesday will hold a special workshop on early release to talk about feedback from the public. Last week, the committee was scheduled to vote about whether to extend early release from grades K-six to grades seven-12. After parents spoke strongly for 90 minutes opposing the change and asking officials […]
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Lewiston council to act on school budget
LEWISTON — Budget season is nearing its end in Lewiston. The City Council is poised to adopt the fiscal 2017-18 school budget Tuesday, while at the same time hosting its final public hearing on the proposed municipal budget. The vote on the school budget comes just a week before the school budget validation referendum in […]
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Councilor explains delay in School Committee appointment
LEWISTON — A request last week to delay the appointment of Luke Jensen to the School Committee stemmed from constituent concerns, City Councilor Tim Lajoie said. Lajoie said he requested the delay because he wasn’t able to attend last week’s meeting, and he needed time to “address some constituent questions and concerns concerning the appointment […]