Four eighth-graders will give the keynote address to 800 educators at this year’s Expeditionary Learning National Conference.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Mysterious odor forces Hall kindergartners to move to new classroom
PORTLAND — A kindergarten class at Hall Elementary School has been moved to another classroom while school officials investigate an unknown odor. The class started meeting in the school’s library in mid-February, after its teacher noticed an earthy, unfamiliar odor in the classroom, Principal Kelly Hasson said Wednesday. Maintenance workers removed interior and exterior walls […]
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Portland superintendent’s plan for schools is full of cuts
His budget would erase 81 jobs and raise taxes by 4 percent as Portland deals with a loss of stimulus funding.
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Portland super’s budget would ax 81 school jobs
PORTLAND — Eighty-one positions in the city’s public schools would be eliminated by the $92.7 million budget that the superintendent proposed tonight for the coming school year. Targeted positions include 31 teachers, 38 educational technicians, six administrators, three custodians and one secretary, Superintendent Jim Morse said. Exactly how many people would be laid off is […]
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Hoping to shape scientists, leaders
FREEPORT – Melissa Catalan gazed at the dark water swirling where the ice-covered Little River flowed into Casco Bay and offered a seemingly unremarkable observation. “The ice is thinner than it was last week,” Catalan said, bundled up and surrounded by her peers. The girls stood on a one-lane bridge, on a rolling dirt road, […]
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Land deal would boost magnet school
The partnership pairs Good Will-Hinckley with Kennebec Valley Community College.
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Mainers in the path of Middle East history
Maine students and professors in the Middle East keep close tabs on the region’s unrest, but they aren’t letting it keep them home.
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Principal of Riverton school submits letter of resignation
Nancy Kopack will serve through June, during school improvement efforts.
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A matter of choice
The competition grows intense as Portland’s three high schools court the city’s 500 eighth-graders. It’s an opportunity and a challenge that’s unique to Maine’s largest school district.