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Petition drive to remove 4 Cumberland school board members falls short Upset that SAD 51 has kept a hybrid of remote and in-class learning, petitioners say they will continue to push for a return to five full days of classroom learning in the fall. Share A petition drive to remove four Cumberland representatives from the regional school board failed to gather enough signatures to get on the June 8 ballot, Town Clerk Tammy O’Donnell said Monday. A sign outside the Mabel Wilson School in Cumberland last month calls for five days of in-person classes this spring in SAD 51. Shawn Patrick Ouellette / Portland Press Herald ....
School board recall effort exposes discord in Cumberland and North Yarmouth The clash over whether to return to 5 days in the classroom this school year has grown rancorous, with some parents pushing to remove school board members and the superintendent. Share A sign calling for the superintendent’s firing is posted in front of Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland on Thursday, with a message from the library on its own sign. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Cumberland town officials are trying to quell increasing community discord amid a school board recall effort and a battle of political lawn signs being fueled by social media campaigns focused on resuming full-time in-school instruction and firing the superintendent. ....