School lunch hassles bedevil kids, boards
Sometimes it takes an endowment and a Facebook fundraiser to provide children with school lunch.
Education
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Sex ed discussion draws parent complaints
GOULDSBORO — What began as Friday science class at the Peninsula School in Prospect Harbor resulted in a sex-ed discussion that many parents felt was inappropriate for their children. The class discussions Feb. 1 prompted numerous parents to contact the school with their concerns. The science teacher is no longer with the school. The Peninsula …
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Computer coding for kids program underway in Steuben
STEUBEN — On a Monday night at the Henry D. Moore Library, Philip Duggan sat with a small group of school children, explaining how they could design websites, games or mobile phone apps. Duggan is president of a local group called Kidz radioActive that works to inspire youth in science, technology and amateur radio. His …
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RSU 24 schools receive anonymous donations
SULLIVAN — Two Hancock County schools recently received anonymous donations that will go toward benefiting student needs. The donations, to Cave Hill School in Eastbrook and the Peninsula School in Prospect Harbor, totaled $10,000. The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board approved the gifts at its Feb. 5 meeting. “The Peninsula School had a …
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Student notes
The following local students have been named to the dean’s list at Bates College in Lewiston for the fall semester that ended in December 2018: Allison Cormier of Deer Isle. Cormier is a senior majoring in classical and medieval studies and minoring in geology. Adam Poulin of Ellsworth. Poulin is a senior majoring in psychology …
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Adult ed program helps unlock doors to health care careers
SULLIVAN — It’s no secret that Maine is the oldest state in the nation. And in a tight job market, that makes health care one of the state’s growing and in-demand industries. It’s also an industry with a large array of specific jobs, ranging from patient care to billing processing to administrative work. In Sullivan, …
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Student notes
The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at the University of Maine in Orono: Casco Haley, Amherst; Molly Brown, Jen Clemens, Matthew Cox, Simon Davis, Sara Todd, Bar Harbor; Abigail Muscat, Bass Harbor; Christina Closson, Bernard; Sam Elliott, Jenna Malvin, Kara Morrison, Maya Naisbitt, Erin Niehoff, Emma …
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DI-S residents vote to keep high school
DEER ISLE — The people have voted — at least 971 of them — to keep educating high school students on the island and in the existing building. “It’s pretty overwhelming support for the school and the community,” said Community School District 13 School Board Chairman Jane Osborne. “It was quite a turnout.” Higher than …
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Officials say elevated fluoride in school’s water not cause for alarm
FRANKLIN — Parents at the Cave Hill School in Franklin received notification yesterday that there were elevated fluoride levels in the school’s water. Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Business Manager David Bridgham, however, said that the matter is mostly a precautionary one. “This is not anything new. We’ve had a treatment system in place …
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Future of secondary education focus of Deer Isle referendum
DEER ISLE — Should Deer Isle-Stonington send the island’s high school students elsewhere for secondary education or should the high school stay open? Those are questions voters will be asked during a nonbinding referendum on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Polls at both town offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is a …