The following is a news release from the Governor’s Office:
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage announced today that two Maine high school students received the College Board State AP® Scholar awards based on their outstanding performance on the 2012 Advanced Placement® exams. Continue reading “Maine students recognized as College Board state AP® scholars”
With the start of a new school year, districts are busy collecting school meal benefit information. There are three methods through which students may be approved for school meal benefits.
The Maine Department of Education is requesting that all school administrative units complete remaining EdJobs fund (original-I or supplemental-II) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) data module reporting for reimbursement by Oct. 15, 2012.
Continue reading “EdJobs fund ARRA data reporting due Oct. 15”
The following is a news release from the Governor’s Office:
AUGUSTA – Today, the LePage administration shared a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University which promotes career and technical education – in both high school and in post-secondary programs – as a significant path to good-paying jobs. The report found that 29 million well-paying middle class jobs go to workers without bachelor’s degrees.
Continue reading “Report cites career and technical education as a pathway to success”
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this item contained an incorrect date. The potential charter school applicants would be seeking a fall 2013 opening, as now indicated in this updated copy.
The following is a news release from the Maine Charter School Commission.
AUGUSTA – The Maine Charter School Commission today announced the State Board of Education’s appointment of two new members and that eight groups submitted notice as of Monday that they plan to submit applications to open public charter schools.
Continue reading “Charter school commission gets new members, 8 notices of proposals”
The contract for training and certifying school staff as behavioral health professionals (BHP) has been awarded to Woodfords Family Services.
Continue reading “New process for training behavioral health professionals”
The following is a news release from the Governor’s Office:
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage will be traveling to Erskine Academy in South China to speak with students to raise awareness about domestic violence in Maine. Continue reading “Gov. LePage to visit Erskine Academy to discuss domestic violence, bullying”
AUGUSTA – A legislatively created group met for the first time Monday and started work on a publicly funded school choice model that would allow for students to attend public school in districts other than their own.
Continue reading “School choice group explores options for students”
The following is a news release from the Governor’s Office.
AUGUSTA – Former First Lady Barbara Bush and Maine First Lady Ann LePage will virtually visit Brewer elementary school students on Monday, September 17, 2012, as they use Skype to hold an online video conference with the students. Continue reading “First Ladies to connect with Brewer students via Skype”
For those school districts uploading their student reporting data to Infinite Campus State Edition (ICSE), there have been a few changes in the upload layout and processes for the 2012-13 school year.
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