About 25 parents and educators ask the district board to preserve positions in a $161 million budget that would eliminate nearly 30 positions and raise the schools’ portion of the tax bill 6.85%.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Staffing cuts in proposed budget worry Portland school board members
Their concerns focus on cuts to employees who work directly with students and to programs that support the district’s marginalized populations.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: A thriving education system needs no advertising budget
We don’t have a teacher shortage. We have a recruitment and retention problem.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Back to school, back to making education more of a priority
We’re doing a fair amount for Maine schools. To solve the most pernicious problems, however, we have to double down.
Posted inLocal & State
Gorham voters reject school budget for the second time
The 2024 school budget is now headed for a third referendum vote sometime in August.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools and Education
Gorham voters reject school board budget over high tax cost
On an average home assessed at $400,000, the annual tax bill would have increased by $564. Some say that’s too much for the small town, especially for those on fixed incomes.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s school funding formula must be updated
Until the formula recognizes our changing state, unfair allocation of state money will deepen inequities between wealthy districts and those less affluent.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Bill would require audits of private schools that receive public tuition
Legislators weigh whether to mandate annual audits of many Maine private schools whose finances are mostly secret.
Posted inNews
Alfond Scholarship Foundation launches awareness campaign
Ten years after every child born in Maine became included in the fund, many are not aware it can help their children.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Committee advances proposal to give more budget authority to Portland school board
The full Charter Commission will now look at the proposal, which would eliminate City Council approval of the school budget and send it directly from the school board to voters.