Nearly 100 Maine Schools Now Implementing BARR Through Maine DOE Grants to Increase Academic Achievement, Engagement, and Student and Educator Wellbeing The Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced grants for 30 additional Maine schools to implement the Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) model to increase academic achievement, engagement, and student and staff wellbeing. These new … Continue reading Media Release: Maine Expands Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) Model to 30 Additional Schools
FARMINGTON Mt. Blue Regional School District (Regional School Unit 9) district-wide registration for pre-K and kindergarten for the 2024/25 school year opens this spring. To be eligible for kindergarten, children must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15; for pre-K, children must be 4 years old on or before Oct. 15. Students […]
By Amber Stone, The Maine Monitor February 17, 2024 Like many districts across the country, Mt. Blue Regional School District in western Maine saw student attendance take a sharp hit since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, more than half of Mt. Blue High’s students were chronically absent,
Administrators in the Mt. Blue Regional School District are struggling to improve attendance rates as parents and students readjust after the pandemic.