Schools for Excellence initiative piloted at 18 Maine schools with focus on training and incentives
AUGUSTA — Teachers at 18 schools in five Maine school districts are participating in focused and integrated professional development, and developing new evaluation and performance-based pay systems this fall. The goal: improved achievement for their 5,500 students.
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Note: This dispatch was updated on Sept. 30, 2011, to include a Nov. 1 deadline for submitting performance report.
The Maine Department of Education is allowing school districts to begin filing online performance reports concerning their expenditures of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds awarded under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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The Maine Department of Education has decided to continue, for the period starting Oct. 1, 2011, to use the educational rates that are currently in place. All special purpose private schools will continue to use the education rates that were established for the 2010-11 school year until further notice.
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POLICY CODE: CG
ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 51
POLICY CODE: JC
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AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education today announced family size and income guidelines for free and reduced-price meals and milk in Maine schools for the 2011-12 school year.
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Teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, bus drivers and others responsible for student welfare in school are required by Maine law to report to their supervisors or to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services whenever they have reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect has occurred.
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AUGUSTA – Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is asking school administrators and nurses to educate themselves and other school staff on the dangers and warning signs of bath salts use by students.
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NOTE, Aug. 24, 2011: The Department of Education’s Bath Salts web page was updated to include two additional resources. Visit the “Resources for accurate information” section of the web page: http://www.maine.gov/education/sh/bathsalts.html.
TO: All Maine School Personnel
FROM: Commissioner Stephen L. Bowen, Maine Department of Education
Bath salts, though illegal in Maine, are becoming increasingly available in our towns and cities. They present a high risk of harm to anyone using this synthetic substitute for cocaine and methamphetamines.
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James Carignan, long-time member and one-time chair of the State Board of Education, died Sunday, Aug. 14, in Brunswick.
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