A task force recommends adding 100 students to the school within three years.
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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Maine’s robotics teams give engineering a spin
While the teens must raise thousands of dollars and spend countless hours, it’s not just about the ‘bots.
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For local superintendents, deciding when to cancel school often a tough call
When Reza Namin visits a classroom in one of Westbrook’s four elementary schools, children often recognize him for the one thing he does as superintendent that affects them directly. One student invariably pipes up, “You’re the man who calls school off on snow days!” While students and staff members often relish snow days as unexpected […]
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At-risk Westbrook students chart new course for success
The program targets the dropout rate by bridging the middle school, high school gap.
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Portland superintendent cancels school Wednesday
Wednesday’s storm is expected to start in the early morning hours and bring 9 to 18 inches of snow.
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Music programs get tuneup
Portland’s audit is part of an effort to make better-informed school spending decisions.
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Aid dries up; schools brace for shortfalls
It wasn’t unexpected, but districts are still looking at ‘horrible’ times thanks to a $60 million reduction.
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Report: Structure UMaine programs to feed businesses
The chancellor says he has concluded that higher education translates into economic development.
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Maine students reach top 10 on national science test
Fourth-graders tied for fifth and eighth-graders tied for eighth in an assessment done in 45 states.
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‘Bleak picture’ faces Portland schools in $4 million shortfall
The 2011-12 budget will likely be lower than this year’s, but cuts in federal funding are expected.