Sedgwick Elementary art instructor named Hancock County Teacher of the Year
SEDGWICK Sedgwick Elementary School art teacher Sarah Doremus has been named Hancock County’s Teacher of the Year.
The Maine Department of Education honored teachers from all 16 Maine counties on Wednesday during a broadcast on the department’s YouTube channel.
As part of the Maine Teacher of the Year Program, hundreds of teachers across Maine are nominated by a member of their school community. Through a rigorous application process, one teacher from each county is selected as the county Teacher of the Year by a panel of teachers, principals and business community members within the county.
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Maine governor proposes historic education funding boost
By DAVID SHARPMay 12, 2021 GMT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Thanks to a forecast for healthy economic growth, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday proposed increasing the state’s share of primary education costs to 55% meeting a goal established in a voter referendum more than 15 years ago.
The education spending boost, which would help schools while easing local property tax burden, is part of the governor’s supplemental budget proposal that builds on the budget already approved.
“Our economy is on track for a strong recovery. It’s time then to fully fund education,” the governor told reporters via Zoom.
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LEWISTON McMahon Elementary School Principal Amber Eliason has received her first COVID vaccine and is scheduled to get her second on April 10.
That means when she returns from the April break, “I will be fully vaccinated.”
Once a school worker is fully vaccinated, he or she does not have to quarantine if exposed to someone with COVID-19.
There are no numbers, but school administrators and the Maine Department of Education report that school staff are finding vaccine appointments; several principals estimate a majority of their staff has had their first shot.
That’s resulted in a definite “noticeable shift among staff. It’s like we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Eliason said.
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