Maya Lena, a substitute teacher and parent, and John Rousseau, an entrepreneur and parent of a recent graduate, are running for the only contested seat on the Portland Public Schools Board of Education.
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Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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Portland ed techs to get raises under proposed contract agreement
The school board will vote Tuesday on an agreement between the school district and union that would raise the starting wage for most ed techs by 12%.
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Wiscasset 4th-grade teacher named Maine’s teacher of the year
The Maine Department of Education described the long-time educator as nature-oriented and a mentor to other teachers.
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Lincoln County mother appeals case of child’s gender expression at school
A federal appeals court will weigh whether Amber Lavigne can sue the Damariscotta school district, which she alleges violated her rights by withholding information about her child using a different name and pronouns in school.
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Portland fourth-graders explore Wabanaki history on Mackworth Island
Portland schools rolled out a Wabanaki studies curriculum after a 2022 report found schools weren’t properly teaching Indigenous history, despite a 20-year-old law.
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Mills creates committee to study Maine’s school construction funding
The 13-member commission’s study will be the first such review since 1998. ‘It’s time for a new look at how Maine pays for school construction,’ the governor says.