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The district would limit the difference in incoming freshmen enrollment between Portland and Deering to around 30 students, and also take into account diversity factors at each school.
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The organization has raised more than $2,500 so far, enough to purchase more than 100 books.
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In a 6-3 opinion released Tuesday morning, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that a state doesn't have to fund private schools, "but once it does, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious."
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At a meeting on Monday, system officials said that only two campuses had a balanced budget: the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta. To fill in budget deficits at other universities, the system is transferring more than $12 million from individual campus reserves and $6.5 million from system reserves.
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In recent weeks, faculty on campuses in Augusta, Farmington, and the University of Southern Maine have voted no-confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy, and faculty in Machias, Orono and Presque Isle have supported those votes.
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On Sunday, the system announced that after discussions with Michael Laliberte, it was determined that it was "in the best interest of all parties" for him to voluntarily resign.
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The UMaine Machias faculty assembly voted Thursday to support the no confidence votes made by faculty at three other campuses: Farmington, Augusta, and Southern Maine.
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It's the third vote in two weeks against Malloy, after both the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta cast similar votes that challenged his handling of the UMA presidential search.
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The Maine Charter School Commission is delaying a vote on a consolidation plan that a Harpswell charter school says is necessary to allow it to continue operating.
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At schools in Lewiston and Portland, Black students said it's important to have a group that allows them to be themselves, and to advocate for changes they want to see in the curriculum.