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Education

2007

Theriault takes helm of Shead; Lux eyes superintendent job

A shuffling of the deck is taking place in the Eastport school system, as a native Eastporter who moved into the field of education in his 40s and has taught for the past several years at Shead High School now will lead the school, as the principal moves on to become a superintendent.

2007

District partners for schools to be topic of upcoming forums

School boards that make up Union 104 in Eastport, Perry, Pembroke, Charlotte and Dennysville will hold public forums to discuss partnering with other area school districts to consolidate administrative duties mandated by the state.

2007

Districts eye partners for consolidation

With the state's plan for school regionalization now to take effect within a year, following passage of a school administrative reorganization law as part of the state budget, school units are already beginning to jockey for potential partners in the newly mandated super districts.

2007

School regionalization looms as legislature approves plan

A controversial plan to implement sweeping changes in school administrative units has been adopted by the legislature as part of the state budget. The Maine House of Representatives voted 112 to 29 in favor of the budget, and the Senate enacted the budget by a vote of 28-7 on June 6.

2007

School budget plan in Eastport seeks 3% local share hike

With a drop in state subsidy of nearly $65,000 for the Eastport school system, Superintendent Arthur Wittine has proposed a draft budget that requests a 3% increase in local tax funding and eliminates the art program at Shead High School.

2007

School plan draws derision from educators

Local school, regional scam, Whiting resident Reinald Neilsen's take on the governor's proposal to regionalize school administration, seemed to sum up the mood of an overflow crowd at the Elm Street School in East Machias.

2007

Graduate programs coming to Calais with Unobskey gift

Sidney and Nancy Unobskey have presented Husson College, centered in Bangor, with property and annual grants valued in excess of $1.5 million, the largest single gift in the college's history.