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Most About Money, Some About Reorganization
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MDI High School Trustees Get Updates and Make Decisions

Most About Money, Some About Reorganization Shaun Farrar Nov 06, 2024 Share A quick note: We’ve updated our last election article here to include Mount Desert results. We are waiting on Southwest Harbor’s results for our other election article. The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. BAR HARBOR—School Superintendent Mike Zboray gave an update on the AOS’s Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC) to the … Continue reading MDI High School Trustees Get Updates and Make Decisions

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Three-Story Inn Proposal Worries Bar Harbor School Committee New School Construction Continues
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Updated: Three-Story Inn Proposal Worries Bar Harbor School Committee

New School Construction Continues Carrie Jones Nov 05, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. osed lodging that would hover near the new Conners Emerson school prompted concerns amongst the Bar Harbor School Committee. Stephen Coston, who will be represented by Tom St.Germain at the Bar Harbor Planning Board, has taken out an application for the Inn at Eden Street, which … Continue reading Updated: Three-Story Inn Proposal Worries Bar Harbor School Committee

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MDI High School Students Hold Walkout in Response to Incident of School Violence Subsequent H.S. Board and AOS Board Meetings Address Issue
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MDI High School Students Hold Walkout in Response to Incident of School Violence

Subsequent H.S. Board and AOS Board Meetings Address Issue Shaun Farrar Oct 24, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—A rotating group of 15-20 MDI High School students participated in a walkout at the school on Monday, October 21. The original group of students strode out of the main entrance of the high school and clustered around the … Continue reading MDI High School Students Hold Walkout in Response to Incident of School Violence

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Bar Harbor and Mount Desert School Boards Approve Another Year with a School Resource Officer Superintendent makes statement on viral fight video
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Bar Harbor and Mount Desert School Boards Approve Another Year with a School Resource Officer

Superintendent makes statement on viral fight video BAR HARBOR AND MOUNT DESERT—Both the Bar Harbor Conners Emerson School Board and Mount Desert Elementary School Board have entered into memorandums of understanding with the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Departments for the continuation of the school resource officer position. Back on September 9, at the MDI High School Board meeting, Principal Matt Haney announced that … Continue reading Bar Harbor and Mount Desert School Boards Approve Another Year with a School Resource Officer

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Conners Emerson's Fence is Up For Construction
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Conners Emerson’s Fence is Up For Construction

Carrie Jones Oct 08, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Some students took an opportunity today to hug some trees teary goodbyes before the construction fences went up at the Conners Emerson School Monday afternoon. Change can be good, but also hard to take in sometimes. The trees are still up and now a fence is, too. The fence is a visible and concrete step toward the school’s … Continue reading Conners Emerson’s Fence is Up For Construction

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What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize? What About Real Property?
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What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize?

What About Real Property? Shaun Farrar Sep 28, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Treats. BAR HARBOR—How the transfer of an individual school’s property and the disposition of its debts to the Regional School Unit (RSU) would be handled under reorganization is still being hammered out by the district’s Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC). This topic was part of a reorganization update … Continue reading What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize?

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Why is building and renovating schools so expensive? Maine Department of Education data of state-funded major construction projects shows how costs have grown in recent years.
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Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?

Maine Department of Education data of state-funded major construction projects shows how costs have grown in recent years. By Lana Cohen of the Maine Monitor BAR HARBOR—The price tag on a new elementary school in Bar Harbor is $63 million. An Auburn high school completed in 2023 came in at $122 million. And at the ballot box this fall, Cape Elizabeth voters will consider a $94.7 million … Continue reading Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?

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Chipmunks Play Hide and Squeak While Permit Delays Stall Conners Emerson Building Start

Carrie Jones Sep 18, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Dr. Heather Weir Webster is the type of person who puts down her blanket for a place to sit well before the Fourth of July parade. She is the type of person who likes to know what is going to happen. She’s the type of person who wants to know what the expectations are. So, she and the … Continue reading Chipmunks Play Hide and Squeak While Permit Delays Stall Conners Emerson Building Start

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MDI Man Chosen as New School Resource Officer
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MDI Man Chosen as New School Resource Officer

Starting School Year Off With a Win Shaun Farrar Sep 17, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—On August 27, a local man started going to classes where he’d introduce himself to students and teachers and tell them what his role in the school is and what it isn’t. That role wasn’t as a teacher or a … Continue reading MDI Man Chosen as New School Resource Officer

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MDI High School Determines Today's Email Threat Not Credible Superintendent Releases Statement to Dispel Potential Rumors
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MDI High School Determines Today’s Email Threat Not Credible

Superintendent Releases Statement to Dispel Potential Rumors Carrie Jones Sep 12, 2024 BAR HARBOR—A potential threat to the MDI High School today was deemed not credible, according to an email sent by MDI School Superintendent Michael Zboray shortly after noon today. The threat came via an unsent email. “A student identified the threat and brought it directly to the attention of their teacher, who immediately … Continue reading MDI High School Determines Today’s Email Threat Not Credible

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