Several parents said that while they generally support the district’s plan, which includes universal masking, they would like to see more precautions in some areas.
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Portland Promise supports teaching and learning priorities
After more than a year of hybrid and remote learning, Portland Public Schools students will return soon to full-time, in-person instruction. We’ll welcome them back with clear teaching and learning priorities organized around the goals of the Portland Promise, our strategic plan. These teaching and learning priorities are key to our students’ success and aligned […]
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Portland Public Schools offers Remote Academy for those eligible
Portland Public Schools is accepting applications for Remote Academy for the 2021-2022 school year for students who qualify for a health accommodation. A health accommodation, according to the district, is “a documented physical health condition for the student or a member of their immediate household for which a licensed physician requires that they not attend […]
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Portland superintendent’s plan for fall reopening includes mask recommendation
The plan, which the school board is scheduled to vote on Aug. 17, calls for all students to wear masks indoors and staff members to wear masks in the presence of students indoors.
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Portland schools continue after-school snack program
The Portland Public Schools will continue its participation in the federal after-school snack program for the fourth straight year. The SuperSnack program offers an afterschool snack to students participating in afterschool program at East End, Ocean, Presumpscot, Reiche, Talbot and Rowe elementary schools, as well those in the Make it Happen Program at Deering High […]
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Food Service team essential to learning
Our main job as a school district is to educate students, but they can’t do their best learning if they’re hungry. That’s why our Food Service team is such an integral part of our educational mission. More than half the students who attend Portland Public Schools come from food-insecure families. They depend on the thousands […]
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Portland school board approves spending extra state funds on tax relief, custodians and debt service
The plan for the additional $6.2 million secured through the state budget update passed last week must now go to the City Council for approval.
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School districts plan to spend additional state funding on tax relief, building projects
The state budget approved this week will fund schools at 55 percent statewide for the first time since voters approved the measure in a ballot question in 2004.
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Nomination papers available for Portland council, school board seats
Nomination papers are available in the Portland city clerk’s office for open seats on the City Council, school board, Peaks Island Council and Portland Water District Board of Trustees. The election will be held Nov. 2. Open City Council seats are in District 1, currently held by Belinda Ray; District 2, now held by Spencer […]
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Portland implements new school equity policy
The Portland Board of Public Education this month voted to adopt a new equity policy that the school department says is intended to “respond to and redress inequities in our school system and identify the ways in which the Portland Public Schools will be accountable for centering equity in all aspects of our work.” The […]