They call on the Department of Education to take action over the school board’s failure to discipline Superintendent Frank Sherburne, whose son was hired in violation of a nepotism policy.
Noel K. Gallagher
Noel Gallagher covers K-12 and higher education issues statewide. Her stories are a mix of breaking news and trend stories. In recent years, they’ve ranged from why college costs so much, the launch of the state’s first charter schools, how a school welcomed a transgender student and why Maine schools have a hard time finding teachers. She’s enough of a news nerd to enjoy sitting through legislative education committee meetings and hours-long school board meetings so you don’t have to.
The Maine Press Association has honored Noel’s work, but she says she writes for the readers, in the firm belief that an informed citizenry is key to a healthy democracy.
Noel is a California native who has worked at wire services, online websites and newspapers across the country. She was in Washington D.C. during the early Clinton years, covering AIDS activism in 1990s San Francisco, documenting the business of wine in Sonoma County and riding out the boom and bust cycle of the early Internet era in early 2000s Silicon Valley. She arrived in Maine at the beginning of the recession and wrote quite a bit about the downturn here.
In her free time, Noel writes the occasional cookbook review, spends an inordinate amount of time at the Portland Public Library and hangs out with her three fabulous kids and wonderful husband. She is not a former member of the band Oasis.
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Nepotism policy was violated, SAD 6 board says, but no action against superintendent
Residents are outraged after a marathon closed-door session on the hiring of Superintendent Frank Sherburne’s son, who was later charged with sexual assault in another district.
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UNE president Danielle Ripich plans ‘a real retirement’ next year
Since her tenure began in 2006, the school has grown dramatically, added programs at its campuses in Portland and Biddeford, and more than doubled its enrollment to over 10,000 students.
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Critic of SAD 6 superintendent ejected from school board meeting
A woman shouts ‘Resign!’ to Superintendent Frank Sherburne during a meeting of the school board, which has yet to publicly address questions about the district’s hiring of Sherburne’s son.
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Former ed tech charged with sexual assault lacked state approval to work in classroom
Zachariah Sherburne, son of the SAD 6 superintendent, was employed by two Maine school districts without having any credentials on file with the state.
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Cookbook review: “Comfort and Joy: Cooking for Two”
Making a meal for just two seems like a lot of work with not a lot of payoff, at least if you follow the recipes in this cookbook.
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More graduates push pause, see benefits of pre-college ‘gap year’
Some sign up for programs and others design their own to travel, focus their studies and grow personally, and schools encourage the time off.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Deering High production to expose problem of sex trafficking dramatically
‘It Could Happen to You,’ a series of student-written vignettes, will be presented Tuesday to raise awareness that Maine isn’t immune from the vile form of exploitation.
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Maine education chief defends closed-door meeting
At a luncheon hosted by the Maine Heritage Policy Center, Bill Beardsley is asked why he participated in a private commission meeting Monday that violated the state’s open-meeting law.
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Eves calls for sanctions for LePage’s illegal closed-door meeting
The first meeting of a special commission on education funding was convened by the governor in private Monday, meaning he and all who attended violated the state’s open meeting law.