Education

Washington Academy (WA) in East Machias has taken a number of steps to address allegations of racism and bullying at the school in response to a petition for change that was started by a WA student of Hispanic ethnicity, Natalia Kempthorne-Curiel.

School officials hope for patience as students, parents and the education system prepares to return to classes across New Brunswick with COVID 19 still active.

At its August 19 meeting, the Eastport School Committee approved a reopening plan for the schools, with students returning on Tuesday, September 8. Principal Paul Theriault stated, "We want to be ready.

In an emergency meeting held July 15, the Lubec school board approved the same draft 2020 2021 Lubec school budget that failed approval during the regularly scheduled meeting held a week earlier on July 9.

An associate professor at the University of Maine at Machias is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court ruling on his lawsuit that calls for an end to a state law that compels public-sector employees to accept union representation, particularly when the person is not a member of the union.

Rod Cumberland says the Maritime College of Forest Technology (MCFT) fired him for speaking his views on spraying forests with the controversial herbicide glyphosate. Cumberland, who grew up just outside St. Stephen and has been an instructor on wildlife at the college in Fredericton since 2012...