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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 School Committee, Ward 3 (unopposed)

Thomas Kendall Bio:    Name: Thomas Kendall   Office sought: Auburn School Committee, Ward 3, a seat he holds. He is unopposed.   Occupation: President of Maine Metro Inc.   Education: Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, 1972   Family: Wife, Nancy, three children   Political experience: Auburn City Council and School Committee Tom Kendall   Questions:   1. […]

Posted inLetters

A failure to communicate

Pandora’s Box has been opened. A survey among Auburn teachers was taken a month ago. The teachers surveyed are in the union and are roughly a third of the teaching population in Auburn. If the survey had been given to all teachers, I believe the numbers would have shown the same results. As it was, […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

Auburn teachers launch petition to gather support

AUBURN — The Auburn Education Association, which represents more than 300 teachers plus educational technicians and other school workers, has launched an online petition drive asking signers to show support for teachers. As of Wednesday afternoon, 249 people had signed the petition at the website, change.org. Many posted comments. The petition drive was launched less than […]

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Survey: Auburn teachers don’t feel appreciated

AUBURN — When it comes to education changes, a recent survey of Auburn teachers shows a majority of those responding think the School Department is heading in the wrong direction. Also, 71 percent said they don’t believe the administration understands and appreciates the work they do every day. Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin and School Committee […]

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Auburn School Department, nonprofit fight over land

AUBURN — For the longest time, the Auburn School Department thought it owned a 30-foot-wide, 500-foot-long strip of land next to the East Auburn Community School. It doesn’t. Now the rightful owners — who hadn’t realized they were the rightful owners until last summer — want the school off their property immediately. The dispute between […]

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Auburn passes medical marijuana in schools policy

AUBURN — The School Committee gave final approval Wednesday night to a new policy that spells out how students are to be given medical marijuana in school. The policy is similar to one passed by the Lewiston School Committee in November 2015. The draft policy recommendation for all Maine schools came from the Maine School Management […]

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Working: Marking time for mountain races

AUBURN — Tom Kendall never planned to keep time. Rather, as the parent of high school competitors who’d wait hours to hear the results of ski races, he wanted to make better use of his time. So, in the mid-1980s, the Auburn computer salesman wrote a program that collected the handwritten, stopwatch scribbles of volunteers […]

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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 […]