Be warned, this is not a straight news piece and it’s about the Conners Emerson schools Carrie Jones Aug 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—This morning, a lot of people woke up early, or just took time out of their days, and headed to the Conners Emerson School in Bar Harbor, which is this adorable K-8 grade school that needs a rebuild. The town has recently … Continue reading How Does A Community Rebuild Trust?
Briefs: Seawall Construction on Track, Bar Harbor’s Lower Main Street Project Update, BH Parking Violation Fines Increase CARRIE JONES JUL 25, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor School Board authorized Superintendent Mike Zboray to execute and deliver a construction contract with Wright-Ryan, Monday Morning. This is option B from the presentation made to the Town Council. After bids came back millions over the budget, the … Continue reading Conners-Emerson Construction Contract A Go! Parking Fees Hit $3.85 million in Revenue
School Board Set to Meet Tomorrow Morning To Accept School Construction Bid CARRIE JONES JUL 10, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council gave the School Board the go-ahead for a slightly stripped down new school to replace the aging Conners Emerson buildings. The Conners-Emerson School Board is scheduled to meet July 11 at 8:30 a.m. to accept the construction bid. The move was … Continue reading Scaled Down School Build Moves Forward
CARRIE JONES JUN 22, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The bids for the Conners Emerson School’s rebuild came in on Thursday. The lowest bid is approximately $11 million over budget. “We opened bids for the new school yesterday at 2 p.m. We had two bids. Both companies had pre-qualified,” Superintendent Michael Zboray said Friday. The hand-delivered bids came from Bowman Construction of Newport and Wright-Ryan out of Portland. … Continue reading Conners-Emerson Rebuild Bids Come in $11 Million Higher Than Budget
Construction bids, principal contract extended, and some amazing fourth graders CARRIE JONES JUN 06, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—In groups of twos and threes, fourth graders told the Bar Harbor School Committee, Principal Dr. Heather Weir Webster, and Superintendent Michael Zboray how they planned to make change in the world. And they decided to start at their school. The fourth graders were motivated by their teacher, … Continue reading The Secret of the 95 Pounds
What will the new school look like? Renderings are released CARRIE JONES MAY 09, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Space heaters. Layers. Closing the doors and keeping them closed. These are all the ways that the Conners school students and staff dealt with yet another break in its heating system for the past two weeks. The problem occurred approximately two weeks ago and the boiler for the … Continue reading Conners Emerson’s Steam Pipe Broke, Leaving School Without Heat. Again.
STEAM WEEK FEATURES COMMUNITY, INFLATABLE PLANETARIUM, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN CARRIE JONES APR 15, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The love of science is strong in Bar Harbor. It isn’t just the adults working and interning at the Jackson Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory, Acadia National Park, and MDI Hospital who are focused on science. It’s the kids, too. And the teachers and staff at Conners … Continue reading State Championship Conners Emerson Olympiads Bring in STEAM Week With Over 30 Wins
Diane Magras brings the power of dreams come true to fourth graders CARRIE JONES MAR 23, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR— Once, there was a very, very, very, small dragon named Large Marge. She lived in Italy in a pizza parlor. She wanted to prove herself to Joe’s Pizza, the place where she wanted to work for, not just live at. However, she didn’t know how … Continue reading Author Returns Home In Conners Emerson Visit
New school build currently on schedule SHAUN FARRAR MAR 7, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—An update on the new school building by Principal Dr. Heather Webster at the Conners Emerson School Committee meeting on March 4 came after the public comment period during which, Michelle Shaw, parent of a Conners Emerson student, spoke of concerns about the special education department and the spaces that they will … Continue reading Parent Wonders About New School Design and Special Education
Students Make Thanksgiving Boxes CARRIE JONES NOV 21, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Birthday celebrations and budgets dominated the Bar Harbor School Board’s meeting Monday night. There were no members of the public present and the board members took that time for public comment to sing happy birthday to Conners Emerson Principal Dr. Heather Webster before hearing about some quick updates and more work on the Conners … Continue reading Proposed Conners Emerson Budget Decreases
