New State Results Show Conners Emerson Far Better Than Average at Both Reading and Math Scores

School Has Lowered Its Chronic Absenteeism Rate Carrie Jones Aug 13, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—The Conners Emerson School had some great news recently and it all came in the form of data. The Bar Harbor school’s reading scores and math scores from grades 3-8 were higher than state average when it came to … Continue reading New State Results Show Conners Emerson Far Better Than Average at Both Reading and Math Scores

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U.S. News and World Report Declares Bar Harbor Has State’s #1 Middle School

Maine as a whole does poorly on Nation’s Report Card Carrie Jones Mar 16, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. BAR HARBOR—Though the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) spoke about the state’s overall low scores on the Nation’s Report Card at its March 10 meeting, and the school also endured the theft of a bond … Continue reading U.S. News and World Report Declares Bar Harbor Has State’s #1 Middle School

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School System Likely To Look At Potential Bussing Changes

Bar Harbor New School Construction On Track Carrie Jones Jan 11, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—The island-wide school system, which also includes Trenton, will likely begin to study how students are bussed to school throughout the island and there is potential for changes, School Superintendent Mike Zboray told the Bar Harbor School Committee members at their January … Continue reading School System Likely To Look At Potential Bussing Changes

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Teachers Contracts Close To a Done Deal

MDI High School still without power and other school news CARRIE JONES DEC 21, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR AND MDI—The teachers throughout the island have a tentative new contract. There are just a few more steps to bring the process to completion. On Wednesday December 13, negotiators for the AOS 91 School Board and the Mount Desert Island Education Association (MDIEA) reached a tentative agreement … Continue reading Teachers Contracts Close To a Done Deal

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Transitions Ahead?

School News: Schoology worries, re consolidation, and an early release day change CARRIE JONES AND SHAUN FARRAR SEP 12, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Sometimes being an AOS Board member involves a little perk. At the board’s meeting Monday night in the MDI High School library, Superintendent Mike Zboray, began by handing out season passes to high school sports games. He followed that with an update. There are … Continue reading Transitions Ahead?

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Could Island Elementary Students All Have Weekly Early Release Days? Maybe.

Senior X Program at MDI High School Revamped BAR HARBOR—A potential plan for elementary schools across the district to be released early every week to give teachers at those grade levels an equal amount of training and learning time that occurs at the high school level was not met with resounding support at the meeting of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System Board Monday … Continue reading Could Island Elementary Students All Have Weekly Early Release Days? Maybe.

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