Inside Education
Maria Libby is the superintendent of School Administrative District 28 and the Five Town Community School District.
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Truth be told about MET
By Maria Libby - Jul 10Within the school district, we consistently reference a couple of common operating principles: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood," ...
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The middle matters
By Maria Libby - Mar 11As hopefully you know, there is a public forum next week at the Rockport Opera House meeting space (downstairs) to give input into the design and ...
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School budget preparation is under way
By Maria Libby - Jan 12You may have read the press release I recently sent out regarding our decision at the high school to go with a less expensive option for the ...
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Input wanted in high school strategic plan
By Maria Libby - Nov 10A lot has happened since I became superintendent nearly a year and a half ago. We have had several major incidents that have hit headline news — ...
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The year ahead
By Maria Libby - Aug 11Summer in Maine faithfully heralds in an unmistakable “vacationland” feel and those of us lucky enough to work and live here do what we can to ...
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Camden-Rockport Middle School revisited
By Maria Libby - Mar 10As most readers are probably aware, the School Administrative District 28 Board went to referendum in February 2015 for a vote on a new middle ...
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Growing up global
By Maria Libby - Dec 10As a child of 10, my favorite ride at Disney World was, “It’s a Small World.” That was four decades ago, and the world has become a lot smaller ...
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The football decision unfolded
By Maria Libby - Oct 05I always considered myself lucky that I could throw a nice spiral. More than once, I tossed around a football with students at recess when I was ...
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School system fiscal management
By Maria Libby and Matt ... - May 19As approval of our school budgets and a new middle school proposal will soon go to vote, we wanted to help our community to better understand the ...
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Remove the shackles from public education
By Maria Libby - Feb 16As someone who has devoted most of her life to public education, it is discouraging to see it become so politicized. The importance of education ...
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An opportunity with adolescence
By Maria Libby - Dec 06As most parents know, and as the media has reported thoroughly of late, adolescence is a time of significant growth, and sometimes angst, that ...
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Fresh perspective on district administration
By Maria Libby - Oct 13Administrators can get a bad rap — just the word can has a negative connotation in our society. It conjures up people who spend their days pushing ...
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Vision
By Maria Libby - Apr 14I have been working in the field of education for nearly 25 years, both as a teacher and administrator. Throughout that time, I have also been a ...
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Staying the course
By Maria Libby - Feb 11Within the past few years, there have been three major educational initiatives at the state level that have had a significant impact on the focus ...
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Building independence
By Maria Libby - Nov 12If you are a mother, you probably experienced the phenomenon of suddenly noticing a lot of pregnant women in the course of your daily comings and ...
