RSU 9: In a school district ‘mired in crisis,’ residents call for accountability
About 200 people packed the Mt. Blue Regional School District board of directors meeting this week to air comments on the middle school principal’s controversial Halloween costume. Many defended his choice under the First Amendment.
Only 2 Maine districts make the cut for school construction funds
Schools based in Bath and Frenchville can get state funding to rebuild after both were damaged by fire, while a long list of other schools await funding for construction projects.
Maine Human Rights Commission sues five school districts over transgender policies
All of the school policies were enacted after the Trump administration began pressuring Maine last winter to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams.
The conservative effort to take over Maine’s school boards stalled this November
Adam Zajac, a Windham school board candidate who narrowly lost after opposing transgender student protections, said he believes the election was rigged.
School consolidations, ordered in 2007, are shattering as towns seek local control
Following last week’s vote to withdraw from RSU 10, Buckfield, Hartford and Sumner to schedule special town meetings to discuss withdrawal agreements.
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