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The changes better align with the Maine School Management Association’s directives.

Auburn school officials highlighted gains in math and literacy but also alerted School Committee members to high rates of economically disadvantaged students in some schools.

Many school officials also gave updates regarding staffing situations and school goals for the new school year.

Teachers and administrators widely agreed last year that students were acting out more often and more severely than before the pandemic pushed schools to close. 

A licensed mechanic stickered buses but allowed an unlicensed mechanic to conduct inspections, according to Maine State Police

Read Article AUBURN — The school department has developed a plan for students to return to school in the fall fully in person under pandemic guidelines. Those safety guidelines, set by the Maine Department of Education, likely will evolve over the summer as more people of all ages are vaccinated. Those changes will be reflected in the reentry plan. The document developed by the district’s Health and Safety Reentry Steering Committee was discussed briefly by the School Committee on Wednesda...

"It sparked my brain," Fairview student Wyatt Brown said.