News Clips – February 2012

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 02/29/2012: RSU 10 inks two labor contracts, SJ
• 02/29/2012: Mt. Blue board discusses student behavior problems, SJ
• 02/29/2012: Selectmen, school directors to be elected in Minot, SJ
• 02/29/2012: RSU 16 school officials placed on leave, SJ
• 2/29/2012: Freeport teacher’s comment leads to terrorizing summons,PPH
• 2/28/2012: RSU 10 high school budgets presented, Sun Journal
• 2/28/2012: This week’s agenda, Sun Journal
• 2/28/2012: Lewiston has new assistant school superintendent, Sun Journal 
• 2/28/2012: Lewiston Middle School lacrosse team approved, Sun Journal 
• 2/28/2012: Freeport teacher accused of making threatening remark in class, suspended, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: No state subsidies for religious schools, Kennebec Journal
• 2/27/2012: Teaching security fading for smart young people, Kennebec Journal
• 2/27/2012: Parent-teacher conferences set at OHCHS, Sun Journal
• 2/27/2012: J. Berg: Did consolidation save money?, Sun Journal 
• 2/27/2012: RSU 13 sets forum on future of education in Rockland area, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Investigators pursuing porn case against former Fort Fairfield school worker, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Chinese exchange program expands for students, teachers, principals in Maine, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Portland residents don’t want rural superintendent taking top schools job, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Obama urges governors to boost education funding, Kennebec Journal
• 2/26/2012: School choice for some causes problems for others, Kennebec Journal
• 2/26/2012: Another View: Anti-bullying bill needed to help students succeed in school, Portland Press Herald
• 2/26/2012: Our View: Bill too free with tax money for private schools, Portland Press Herald
• 2/26/2012: OUR OPINION: School choice part of bill has potential flaws, Kennebec Journal
• 2/25/2012: South Portland school project brings high construction bids, Kennebec Journal
• 2/24/2012: Pen Bay Christian School principal looks ahead to future, Village Soup
• 2/24/2012: Brewer schedules March public hearing on superintendent residency requirement, Bangor Daily
• 2/24/2012: SAD 1 plans to cut six teaching jobs to account for loss of funding, Bangor Daily
• 2/26/2012: Artist focuses on talented youth,KJ
• 2/25/2012:Maine teacher guilty of giving alcohol to teen, SJ
• 2/25/2012: PHOTO: Building Future Leaders,SJ
• 2/25/2012:Lower cost sought in rebuilding South Portland school,PPH
• 2/25/2012: Hall-Dale’s grading system raises questions, KJ
• 2/24/2012:  Free school and community gardening course offered Sun Journal
• 2/24/2012:  Middle school student gets approval to set up gardens Sun Journal
• 2/24/2012:  Former Westbrook teacher, coach gets five days in jail for giving minor alcohol Bangor Daily
• 2/24/2012:  Education, energy hot topics at Madison town hall meeting with LePage Bangor Daily
• 2/23/2012:  PHOTO:  Fiddlin’  around, SJ
• 2/23/2012:  Selectmen updated on proposed school closure, SJ
• 2/23/2012:  Spicing up scientific inquiry, PPH
• 2/23/2012:  Report: Crime at U.S. public schools on the decline, MS
• 2/23/2012:  Thomas College freezes tuition rates, KJ
• 2/23/2012:  Educators asked, how much pain?, KJ 
• 2/22/2012: Selectmen updated on proposed school closure, Sun Journal
• 2/22/2012: RSU 16 seeks towns to plow school grounds, Sun Journal
• 2/22/2012: Lewiston seniors who fail to graduate miss an average of half of school days, Bangor Daily News
• 2/22/2012: Federal judge: Machiasport let principal go due to budget cuts, not abuse, Bangor Daily News
• 2/22/2012: Help keep kids’ school meals healthy, Portland Press Herald
• 2/22/2012: Westbrook school plan would trim net 21 jobs, Portland Press Herald
• 2/22/2012: Restrictions on ‘double dipping’ may be revamped, Kennebec Journal
• 2/21/2012: Palermo candidates differ on school facts, Morning Sentinel
• 2/21/2012:  Maine charter school panel seeking public feedback, Bangor Daily News
• 2/21/2012:  School issues occupy Palermo selectmen candidates, Kennebec Journal
• 2/20/2012:  Area educators running out of places to cut budgets, Kennebec Journal
• 2/20/2012:  At schools already strapped, the vise tightens, Morning Sentinel
• 2/20/2012:  Dirigo student organizes drive for pet supplies, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  Teachers, students would lose if LePage get his way, Kennebec Journal
• 2/19/2012: Letters to the Editor, Feb. 19, 2012 Attacking MEA gets personal, Portland Press Herald
• 2/19/2012: Farm to School to canvas, Village Soup 
• 2/19/2012: EL PM helps Auburn students get in step to graduate, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  Helping 150 Lewiston dropouts graduate each year, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  Poor attendance tied to Lewiston graduation rates, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  School consolidation: money saver or total failure?, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  SAD 27 board supports Wallagrass Elementary School library with $25,000 recommendation, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  Lewiston seniors who fail to graduate miss an average of half of school days, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  Southern Maine college, middle school students make impacts in Guatemala, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  Edward Little tackles graduation rates, one student at a time, Bangor Daily
• 2/18/2012: Pain inspires student’s self portrait, Kennebec Journal
• 2/18/2012:  Portland sees cost in LePage’s school proposal, Portland Press Herald
• 2/18/2012:  Auburn signs contract to demolish Great Falls School, Sun Journal 
• 2/18/2012:  ‘It all begins with education’, Village Soup
• 2/18/2012:  Sex offender arrested outside West Bath elementary school, Bangor Daily
• 2/17/2012:  Page selected to run UMaine schools, Kennebec Journal
• 2/17/2012:  New state panel seeks input on charter schools, Kennebec Journal
• 2/17/2012:  Maria Clark Grammar School, Village Soup
• 2/17/2012:  RSU 3 board opts not to expel student caught with alcohol, Village Soup
• 2/17/2012:  RSU 13 invites public to help with five-year plan, Village Soup
• 2/17/2012:  Jay/Livermore Falls system hiring adult education director, Sun Journal
• 2/17/2012:  Starks one step closer to merger with RSU 9, Sun Journal 
• 2/17/2012:  Superintendent: Is it time to close Schenck High School? Bangor Daily
• 2/17/2012:  Camden-Rockport school budget shows slight increase, Bangor Daily
• 2/16/2012:  Superintendents seek details on governor’s education proposal, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  RSU 73 students demonstrate robot’s moves for board, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  Educators coming to Auburn to see iPads in classrooms, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  Auburn report: iPads help kingergartners learn, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  Husson wants to add campus in Portland, PPH
• 2/16/2012:  What will be cut from Augusta schools?  KJ
• 2/16/2012:  Town to give SAD 29 more time to find bus space, BDN
• 2/15/2012: Mountain Valley school district learns of possible state aid boost, Sun Journal
• 2/15/2012: Bethel students get money for Maine books, author visit, Sun Journal
• 2/15/2012: RSU 73 board approves continued work with architectural firm, Sun Journal
• 2/15/2012: School choice lifts ‘tyranny of town line’, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: Lincoln leaders honor schoolchildren for aid at bus accident, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: School department issues top Brewer council discussions, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: Bill would ease withdrawal from consolidated school districts, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: Two Maine school systems awarded grants, Portland Press Herald
• 2/15/2012: Kennebec Valley Community College now has health-care simulation lab, Kennebec Journal
• 2/15/2012: Boy genius’s book reveals life in college at age 8, Kennebec Journal
• 2/14/2012: Another View: Editorial wrong about LePage’s bills and the teachers union, Portland Press Herald
• 2/14/2012: Maine runs out of time on No Child Left Behind, Portland Press Herald
• 2/14/2012: Westbrook government in consolidation mode, Portland Press Herald
• 2/14/2012: Natural science magnet school unveils solar panels, Morning Sentinel
• 2/14/2012: Pupils urged to ride imagination with reading, Kennebec Journal
• 2/14/2012: Former Auburn Lanes, aid for schools earn responses, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Two expelled from Dixfield high school, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: School upgrades, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Solar power project proposed for Poland schools, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Lewiston Middle School may get lacrosse team, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Oxford Hills football coach resigns after allegedly posting nude photo on Facebook, Bangor Daily
• 2/14/2012: Bowen: At least one more year of No Child Left Behind, Bangor Daily
• 2/14/2012: Obama proposes 2.5 percent increase in spending on education, Bangor Daily
• 2/14/2012: Good Will-Hinckley school switches to solar power, Bangor Daily
• 2/13/2012: Homelessness turned EL student into advocate, Sun Journal
• 2/13/2012: Homeless high school student hopes to use his experience to help others, Bangor Daily News
• 2/13/2012: Obama to promote job training at community college, Kennebec Journal
• 2/12/2012: Yarmouth, Vermont students’ robot secures them spot in world championship, Bangor Daily News
• 2/12/2012: Bill Nemitz: With $100,000 gift to schools, a lesson in generosity, Portland Press Herald
• 2/12/2012: Cornville charter school ready for students to come in fall, Kennebec Journal
• 2/12/2012: Public funds possible for religious schools , Kennebec Journal
• 2/11/2012: Study buddies, Portland Press Herald
• 2/11/2012: Kents Hill School opens Akin Learning Center, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: LePage proposes sweeping education changes, Portland Press Herald
• 2/10/2012: Departing RSU 2 could cost Monmouth money, school, Kennebec Journal
• 2/10/2012: Feds grant 10 states ‘No-child’ waivers, Kennebec Journal
• 2/10/2012: Longtime Mid-Coast School of Technology administrator resigns, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: RSU 13 budget process struggling due to lost revenue, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: Pen Bay Christian School student wins county spelling bee, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: N Maine school receives $5M gift, Boston Globe
• 2/10/2012: RSU 10 gets word of state aid hike, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: Livermore Falls high school closure, building addition votes outlined, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: Board sells former Wilton Primary School for $50, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: Educators react to governor’s plan, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: School choice is the wrong choice, Bangor Daily
• 2/10/2012: Forums, survey slated for Portland superintendent search input, Bangor Daily
• 2/10/2012: Frankfort starts exploring secession from school district, Bangor Daily
• 2/10/2012: Glenburn to vote on withdrawal from school district, Bangor Daily
• 2/9/2012:  UMF begins offering degree program at Southen Maine CC campus, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  Test scores mixed for Oxford Hills students, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  Local schools stand to get more state money for education, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  School choice, public funding for religious institutions headline LePage education plan, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  Committee votes to close Prides Corner school, PPH
• 2/9/2012:  Sweeping changes set out for education, PPH
• 2/9/2012:  New rules proposed for schools. MS
• 2/9/2012:  Petition clearned to leave RSU 12, KJ
• 2/9/2012:  Alternative energy ideas given, KJ
• 2/9/2012:  LePage reveals schools’ plans, KJ
• 2/9/2012:  Belfast Area High School expels student for selling drugs, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  Proposed bill would require school boards to get parents involved, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  University of Maine at Presque Isle forges partnership with Chinese university, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  Widow donates $5 million to Northern Maine Community College, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  LePage unveils controversial education proposals, BDN
• 02/08/2012: Patriot’s Pen essays,VS
• 02/08/2012: Essay winners announced in GAMS contest,VS
• 2/08/2012: Belfast Area High School expels student for selling drugs,BDN
• 2/08/2012: Region 9 forestry instructor leaving field in June, SJ
• 02/08/2012: Wiscasset to vote on leaving RSU 12,KJ
• 2/08/2012: LePage proposes sweeping education changes, KJ
• 2/08/2012:Bill seeks parents’ involvement in schools ,KJ
• 2/08/2012:E. Machias school cancels classes for funeral ,KJ
• 2/08/2012: Car hits Kennebunk girl trying to board school bus, KJ
• 2/8/2012: Tax pros in training, KJ
• 2/7/2012:   Rumford Elementary School principal to retire, SJ
• 2/7/2012:   Buckfield students show interest in voc ed, SJ
• 2/7/2012:   Seventh-grader works on plan to raise food for needy people, SJ
• 2/7/2012:   Westbrook board looks at plan to close school, PPH
• 2/7/2012:   Program helps low-income students, KJ
• 2/7/2012:   Maine lawmakers look at bullying in schools, BDN
• 2/7/2012:   Brownville Elementary pupils learn that calling their peers names is not a game, BDN
• 2/7/2012:   Orono group tries to withdraw from school district, becoming third town to do so, BDN
• 2/06/2012: Kindergarten registration, VS
• 2/06/2012: Spruce Mountain students, staff to showcase talent,SJ
• 2/06/2012: Districts win, lose pieces of aid pie, PPH
• 2/04/2012: RSU 21 recognized for healthy eating, Journal Tribune
• 2/04/2012: Expert: Schools can do better, MS
• 2/06/2012: After Starks’ secession, school plan needed, KJ
• 2/05/2012: Grant builds interesting magnet high school,KJ
• 2/05/2012: Plan for Somerville school goes to public,kj
• 2/3/2012: Local schools asked to adopt common schedule for Many Flags, Village Soup
• 2/2/2012: Carrabec elevates the bar, Morning Sentinel
• 2/2/2012:  RSU 73 building committees set first meetings, SJ
• 2/2/2012:  Auburn test scores show improvement, SJ
• 2/2/2012:  Charter school would focus on STEM learning, MS
• 2/2/2012:  Maine students post higher scores in math, reading, MS
• 2/2/2012:  Students improve on math, reading tests, but fall back on writing, KJ
• 2/2/2012:  Portland may benefit directly from next round of federal ‘Race To The Top’ school funding, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  Carrabec High School setting example for rural schools, says federal official, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  Rockport-area school district tackles football in budget talks, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  LePage executive order seeks to expand digital learning options, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  Limestone checking what school would cost if town withdrew from RSU 39, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  School bus driver cleared in Lincoln accident that injured girl,6, BDN
• 02/01/2012: Superintendent Ward’s contract extended by school board in Dixfield, Sun Journal
• 02/01/2012: RSU 73 schools collect used electronics to earn equipment, Sun Journal
• 02/01/2012: School expansions big part of Lewiston’s capital budget plan, Sun Journal
• 02/01/2012: Four students hurt in Farmington crash, Morning Sentinel
• 02/01/2012: Google to help proposed charter school, Kennebec Journal
• 02/01/2012: Calais school rescinds ban against ‘Tebowing’ student, Kennebec Journal