Education

Parents with children attending schools in the county's unorganized territories (UT) of Trescott, Cathance and Marion recently received letters of sudden and unexpected changes that could have an impact on which schools their students attend.

It's not every day that a small island city of 1,300 with a less than robust economy beats out thousands of other communities, many of them with far more financial and human resources.

“Our number one goal is to create new speakers," says Donald Soctomah, the project administrator for a new language immersion school to teach the Passamaquoddy language to children ages 3 to 5.

A possible restructuring of the White Head Elementary School (WHES) may have negligible impact on the students and families involved, according to Principal Sally Cogswell.

Approximately 275 people gathered in the Deer Island Community School gym on the evening of October 14 to learn about a proposal to reconfigure the school system. A study is being done to consider taking grades 6, 7 and 8 off the island to Fundy High School in St. George

An end of an era is at hand for the Robbinston Grade School, but parents of school-age children won't have time to mourn the loss as they place their children elsewhere by the start of school next week.