Pre-K back in Tremont’s school budget
Pre-K and two additional teachers for the 2021-22 school year are part of the proposed FY22 school budget for Tremont Consolidated School.
Education
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Pre-K, additional teacher and windows increase budget
With the additional items of a pre-K program, window replacements for each stairwell and a new fifth-grade teacher position, the proposed FY22 budget for Pemetic Elementary School is expected to increase by 3.64 percent.
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Island schools given counterfeit masks
Administrators at Conners Emerson School learned this week that it, along with other schools in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, had received counterfeit N95 masks from the Maine Department of Education. The masks were not distributed to, or used by, staff or students.
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Ms. Susan is ready for the next chapter
Without a clear idea of when her next opportunity will be to host an in-person tea party or to read aloud for Toddler Story Hour, children’s librarian Susan Plimpton has decided to retire after nearly a quarter of a century at the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
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Shop tools donated to high school
Paul Gloger, a retired industrial engineer and lifelong hobby machinist who lives in Bar Harbor, has donated a number of tools and pieces of equipment to the career and technical education department at Mount Desert Island High School.
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$11.9M high school budget approved
A Mount Desert Island High School budget for next year of $11.94 million was approved by the high school board on Feb. 8.
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Later class time enhances learning
This time last year, classes at Mount Desert Island High School started at 8 a.m., which meant some students had to catch the bus as early as 6:10 and arrive at school around 6:45. But because of factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school start time was pushed back to 9 a.m. And most students can now catch the bus around 8:30.
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It’s Black History Month; how are our schools doing with anti-racism work?
Last year, protests led by high school students in response to the death of a Black man in police custody inspired educators here to take a look at racism and initiate work focused on anti-racism.
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School carryover funds are high due to COVID-19
The side effects of COVID-19 are still being studied, but one is clear, and that is extra money in school budgets here.
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Trenton School Committee says “We’re staying”
The Trenton Elementary School will remain part of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, according to School Committee Chairwoman Jennifer Bonilla.