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The Maine School Administrative District 49 board of directors on Thursday were told the state would cover at least 94% of the cost to build a consolidated elementary school on Neck Road in Benton adjacent to Benton Elementary School.

By Lia Russell and Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff On Wednesday morning, May 25, Christina Caron dropped her children off at school in Bangor. Watching them walk through the doors, Caron said she was reminded that the parents of 19 Uvalde, Texas, children did the same a day earlier, not knowing they would never see their children alive again.

By Lia Russell and Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff On Wednesday morning, May 25, Christina Caron dropped her children off at school in Bangor. Watching them walk through the doors, Caron said she was reminded that the parents of 19 Uvalde, Texas, children did the same a day earlier, not knowing they would never see their children alive again.

Dr. Troy Hogg has been named Jefferson City School Districts new assistant superintendent of elementary education.

Donation of books and backpacks to students were part of United Ways Read Across Columbia literacy initiative.

Columbia mayoral and city council candidates address various community issues in a town hall meeting Saturday.

Plans call for Maine School Administrative District 49 to build school off Neck Road, near Benton Elementary School.

BENTON, KY — A woman has pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge after she stole money from Benton Elementary’s Parent Teacher Association, Kentucky State Police announced Wednesday.

The Maine State Administrative District 49 board of directors heard a presentation on how the district's school construction project is faring. The current plan is to renovate Benton Elementary School and use it to house students in kindergarten through second grade; third through sixth-grade students will be moved into a new building.

Neosho School District has received confirmation of a $1.8 million FEMA grant that will allow what was previously slated to be a multipurpose storm shelter at Benton Elementary to become a FEMA Community Safe Room.