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As Conners Emerson prepares to move into its new building, the Bar Harbor School Committee is also beginning a new budget cycle and hearing continued concerns about middle school curriculum.
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Viridian Law. BAR HARBOR—It was the last Bar Harbor School Committee in the Conners Emerson library, this Monday. The building, along with the building across the parking lot, will be closed and then deconstructed as the school moves into the highly anticipated new building at the end of October and early November.
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Bangor students learn restaurant skills through SOAR Store club visit to Moe’s Barbecue
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Fourth- and fifth-graders from Bangor’s Fairmount School got a taste of the restaurant business today. Members of the SOAR Store after-school club visited Moe’s Barbecue to learn what it takes to run a restaurant, from preparing food to welcoming customers at the register. The...
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Out-of-state lawmakers join Maine leaders at Ellsworth High to learn student support model
ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) - Education leaders and lawmakers from out of state visited Ellsworth High School Tuesday for an inside look at how the school’s bar was raised for student support. Ellsworth High adopted the Building Assets, Reducing Risks model in 2024. The school saw its graduation rate increase...
Maine Campus
UMS Board of Trustees meets at UMPI, hears concerns over potential faculty cuts
The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees (BoT) met on Sept. 28 at 8 a.m. at the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI). The BoT is a 17-member board, 16 of whom are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Maine State Legislature. The board oversees academic programs, tuition, faculty tenure and system-wide budgets. Concerns over proposed budget and faculty cuts at UMaine were raised during the public comment period.
Bangor Daily News
Letter: UMaine wasting money on AI that should be spent on faculty and students
“If the vice chancellor wants to outsource his own thinking to chatbots on his own dime and time, that’s his business, but surely we can hold administrators to higher standards when they act on behalf of our public university with public funds.”
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Thomas College gets $3 million federal AI grant
WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - As many worry about the rapid development of artificial intelligence, Thomas College in Waterville is embracing it. Thomas College is getting a $3 million grant from the US Department of Education under what is called Title III, Strengthening Institutions , to integrate artificial intelligence directly into the school’s curriculum.