U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Rep. Chellie Pingree visited RSU 21, the Kennebunk area school district, on Monday to discuss the bus driver shortage that has gotten worse during the pandemic.
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Portland school board vacancies draw 12 candidates for June election
There are seven people running for the district’s two at-large seats and five running to represent district 5. The election will take place on June 14.
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Portland superintendent proposes increasing school budget by 5%
The proposed $132.9 million budget includes investments in pre-K, Portland Adult Education and school libraries.
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Drop in state funding for Portland schools expected to contribute to higher taxes
Superintendent Xavier Botana is scheduled to present a proposed school district budget on Tuesday.
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‘It’s crazy to see everyone’s faces’: Maine public school students take off masks
For the first time in about two years, masking became optional Wednesday in all Maine public schools under state and federal guidelines. Portland’s schools plan to go mask-optional Monday.
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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.
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Portland school board chooses principal for Lincoln Middle School
Marisa Ayala is trilingual and has experience in the Boston and Chicago public school systems.
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Some Maine schools to ditch masks while others wait for state guidance
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed masking guidelines Friday, but Maine officials have yet to indicate whether state recommendations will change.
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Letter: Support Portland’s diverse student body
This week’s talk about Board of Education priorities reminded me of two years ago as people were losing jobs or unable to go to work (“Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Budget will keep the focus on teaching, learning,” Feb. 16). Day care was reaching crisis; everything affected normal life. I remember the city manager submitting a Portland […]
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Educators in Portland autism classroom say staffing challenges are safety concern
The teacher in a classroom where an ed tech is accused of sexually exploiting a child says warnings went unheeded and he’s been left out of efforts to make improvements.