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Portland elementary teacher named Maine Teacher of the Year

by Rachel Ohm October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at the Gerald E. Talbot Community School, received the recognition at an outdoor ceremony Thursday morning.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Portland high school families push for more in-person learning

by Rachel Ohm October 5, 2020October 6, 2020

Superintendent Xavier Botana said physical distancing and staffing challenges are preventing the district from offering more in-person options for 10th- through 12th-graders.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Portland schools delay bringing back elementary students for full-time, in-person learning

by Rachel Ohm October 1, 2020October 2, 2020

Space, distancing and staffing challenges contributed to the decision not to resume full-time classroom instruction Oct. 13, the superintendent said in a letter to families.

Portland Forecaster

Former Portland students square off for school board seat

by Michael Kelley September 29, 2020October 1, 2020

Anthony Emerson and Jeffrey Irish are looking to replace outgoing school board member Marnie Morrione as District 5 representative.

Portland Forecaster

Portland school board District 4 candidates focus on equity

by Michael Kelley September 28, 2020October 1, 2020

Aura Russell-Bedder and Christopher Vail are running to fill the school board seat of Timothy Atkinson, who is not running for reelection.

Portland Forecaster

Portland schools face spending crunch when coronavirus aid ends

by Michael Kelley September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Coronavirus relief funding goes away at year’s end and the district would be short $2.8 million if additional funding is not found or school-reopening investments are not scaled back.

Schools and Education, Uncategorized

Portland students go back to school with lots to learn

by Rachel Ohm September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Monday was the first day of classes under Portland Public Schools’ hybrid model, a school day that no one could have imagined before the pandemic.

The Forecaster

School Notebook: Sept. 9

September 9, 2020September 4, 2020

Expanded Friends School of Portland opens The Friends School of Portland was able to safely open to all of students Aug. 31 – thanks to a little help from their friends. The school, which opened its new facility in 2015 and was the first Passive House-certified school in Maine, recently completed an expansion featuring four […]