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Click on the following link to access the 2024 edition of the MSBA Handbook
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School is Back in Session! ✏️
https://mailchi.mp/mainelovespublicschools/whos-ready-to-go-back-to-school-12683787?e=f631e594b4
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Click on the following link to view the August 2024 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/2v0us
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What Makes a Great School in Maine? Join a Measure What Matters Community Conversation
https://mainedoenews.net/2024/07/16/what-makes-a-great-school-in-maine-join-a-measure-what-matters-community-conversation/
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Click below to access the DOE "What Holds Us Together" podcast. Listen to Commissioner Makin and guests Steve Bailey, executive director of MSBA, and Miranda Engstrom, 2023 Hancock County Teacher of the Year, highlight efforts to elevate educators and schools. https://mainedoenews.net/2024/04/25/doe-podcast-what-holds-us-together-highlights-efforts-to-elevate-educators-and-schools/
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During Teacher Appreciation Week, MSSA and MSBA celebrate all our teachers in all our districts! Our collective hats are taken off to you as we recognize and so appreciate all you do, daily, for each of your students, in all of Maine’s school districts. Congratulations and thank you for all you do.
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Click on the following link to view the February 2024 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/2em3l
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Meeting Postponed: Due to today's storm causing power/internet outages across the state, tonight's Region III (Washington), Region IV (Hancock), and Region V (Mid-Coast) regional school board meeting has been postponed. The meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 2024, from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
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Click on the following link to view the November/December 2023 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/294i3
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Maine delegation at the New England/New York Regional Conference on 9/30/2023.
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MSBA Executive Director Steve Bailey presenting with Vermont and New Hampshire State Executives regarding Small and Rural District Concerns at New England/New York Regional Conference - 9/30/2023.
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Click on the following link to view the September 2023 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/25q94
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Tuesday 9/19 – SCHOOL STAFF SHORTAGES – Listen to Maine Calling tonight at 7 p.m. Schools in Maine and across the nation are grappling with staff shortages, from teachers to bus drivers to people with special ed training. We talk with Eileen King, MSSA Executive Director, Commissioner Pender Makin, and other education leaders about the causes and effects of these shortages, as well as proposed solutions. https://www.mainepublic.org/listen-live
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Click on the following link to view the June 2023 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/1x46t
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School board member day at the State House is on Tuesday, May 9th. Join us at 9:30 a.m. on the main floor of the Cross Office building. We will walk over to the Legislature together and visit both the House and Senate chambers, where we will be recognized, and also have the opportunity to meet with Gov. Janet Mills.
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School Board Recognition Week - Third Week of April
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Click on the following link to view the November/December 2022 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/1l3mu
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We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with our phone lines - our 1-800 number is currently down. We are working with our service provider to get this resolved as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can contact MSMA staff at (207) 622-3473.
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Click on the following link to view the August 2022 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/1h83w
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Click on the following link to view the July 2022 issue of the MSBA Update: https://5il.co/1dzke