U.S. Department of Education Begins Process To Take Away School Funds

Approximately $1.2 million of funds exposed in the district Carrie Jones Apr 15, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—On Friday, April 11, the U.S. Department of Education laid out consequences for its Title IX investigation into Maine, consequences that will likely impact the schools in the Mount Desert Island region. A press release from … Continue reading U.S. Department of Education Begins Process To Take Away School Funds

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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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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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Wednesday Early Release Days No Longer A Possibility

New potential calendars presented Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—Wednesday early release days are off the table School Superintendent Michael Zboray told members of the Conners Emerson School Board during their meeting in the Conners Emerson art room Monday afternoon. “Weekly early release is no longer a tool in the toolbox,” Zboray said. In early February, Superintendent Michael Zboray made the case for a weekly early release … Continue reading Wednesday Early Release Days No Longer A Possibility

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Superintendent Says Communication Key In Dealing With School Emergencies

Teacher Shortages, Sicknesses, and Reorganization Discussed at Mount Desert Island Regional School System Meeting BAR HARBOR—At the Mount Desert Island Regional School System meeting on Monday, Superintendent Michael Zboray reported that Maine school superintendents met last week to discuss school lockdowns, shelter-in-place warnings and similar crisis events. Mount Desert Island High school locked down in November after a serious threat. Students were eventually bused to … Continue reading Superintendent Says Communication Key In Dealing With School Emergencies

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