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The council approved sending a $51.5 million school budget after cuts to voters in June. Under the combined $73.2 million budget, the town's tax rate will rise about 11%. ....
Schools across Maine are putting new emphasis on the mental health and social and emotional learning (SEL) of their students and staff as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. ....
This week, the U.S. Department of Education released a new report, declaring that the mental health crisis for kids “has reached a critical point,” and called for schools to use extra pandemic funding to hire more school support staff like social workers and counselors, and do away with punitive punishments like suspensions. ....