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Maine school collects pencil erasers to represent every Jewish life lost during Holocaust
Sixth grade teacher Mariah Sergio said after showing her students the documentary Paper Clips two years ago, they wanted to do something similar. Author: Roslyn Flaherty (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 9:40 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 11:37 PM EDT May 4, 2021
JAY, Maine Pencil erasers inside a display case at Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay are more than just erasers. They represent Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust.
“Kids walk by and see how many erasers are in there. It really shows the enormity of what happened,” sixth grade teacher Mariah Sergio said.
• Article 1 asks to appropriate nearly $20.75 million and raise $10.16 million.
• Article 2 authorizes the school board to transfer amounts exceeding 5% of the total appropriation for any cost center to or among other cost center(s), provided the budget isn’t increased.
• Article 3 asks to appropriate $862,229.33 and raise $240,000 ($80,000 for each town) for the food service program.
• Article 4 asks to appropriate $373,267.48 and raise $198,000 ($66,000 for each town) for adult education.
“If each of these articles passes, total taxes will decrease $61,348.8 in Jay,” Albert said. “They will increase $14,851.19 in Livermore and $27,947.62 in Livermore Falls.”
A home valued at $100,000 in Jay would see no increase; one in Livermore would be taxed $7 more than this fiscal year; one in Livermore Falls would be taxed $16.20 more than this fiscal year.
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LIVERMORE Directors of Spruce Mountain Regional School Unit 73 on Thursday approved the first reading of policy changes that would allow more students to attend summer school.
Changes include lowering the passing grade from 50 to 30 for eligibility, and removing the stipulation that students with 30 or more absences are not eligible. The policy is for students in kindergarten through grade eight.
While reviewing the last trimester grades to tally how many of the 350 students at Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay were failing at least one class, Principal Carolyn Luce got through the first 162 and realized that wasn’t a feasible list.