Education

AOS #77 Superintendent Jim Underwood did not mince words about the state of the Calais school budget while attending what was most likely his last meeting with the Calais School Committee on the evening of June 4.

In a busy high school of 160 students, two junior class students out of a class of 10 decide not to take the four‑year college admissions test, the SAT. They aren't planning to go to a four‑year college. Instead they're planning to pursue technical

Staff and students at Whiting Village School, one of Washington County's smaller elementary schools, were delighted when they were notified last week of their "A" grade on Governor Paul LePage's grading system.

On the morning of March 19, when the region was anticipating heavy snowfall, two different student groups were focusing on the same field: healthcare.

While preliminary state subsidy amounts for K-12 education next year do not indicate any dramatic losses for area schools, as occurred last year, some local towns could lose up to 7% of their total school budget.

A recent graduate of a GED program in Washington County doesn't think she's an inspiration to others, but her GED instructor, Tessa Ftorek, disagrees. Ftorek has been working at Washington County Community College for the last 15 years to help others earn their GED.