Benjamin Conroy, 33, worked at Ocean Avenue Elementary School before he was arrested last fall.
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School Notebook: Aug. 10
Junior Olympics Champ New principals in Portland The Portland Public Schools is getting a slate of new school leaders. Nicole Bradeen, the new principal at Longfellow Elementary School, joined Portland Public Schools in 2021 as the district’s coordinator of summer and expanded learning programs. Her prior experience includes being director of community and belonging at […]
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Portland may limit high school choice to balance enrollments
A proposed hybrid system to be presented Tuesday would allow students to choose a school as usual, but administrators could reassign some of them if needed to balance enrollments.
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Our View: More summer homework for Portland Public Schools
The latest data on racial and other biases fuel an ongoing crisis of confidence.
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Portland schools suspended Black students at a higher rate than white students in 2021-22
The district has released data showing how middle and high school suspension rates have changed over the past few years and which groups of students are most impacted by the discipline.
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Portland superintendent’s early departure adds to district staffing challenges
Xavier Botana announced Tuesday night that he will leave his post in June. He had previously planned to leave after the 2023-24 school year.
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Portland Superintendent Xavier Botana to depart after 2022-23 school year
He previously had planned to leave at the end of the 2023-24 school year but is moving up his departure by a year.
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Portland Edition School Notebook: June 29
New Portland school administrators named Four new assistant principals have been hired at Portland Public Schools. Alberto Morales and Sarah Obare will be assistant principals at Portland High School; Farausi Cherry will be assistant principal at Lyman Moore Middle School, and Tricia Shorr will be assistant principal/literacy coach at Longfellow Elementary School. In addition, Charlie […]
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Portland school board approves funds for middle school protest response
The Portland Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to use $13,000 of contingency funds to pay for the administrative and equity support staff hired to replace those who left after two middle school protests.
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Ending the school year with gratitude
Portland Public Schools has just ended an incredibly challenging school year. On top of the everyday demands of running our schools, we had to cope with COVID surges and a labor shortage that stretched our capacity to run school buses and staff classrooms. Yet I am ending this year with a sense of gratitude – […]