Portland Public Schools is finalizing plans to increase in-person instruction for students throughout the district amidst continued concerns from parents, students and members of the public. Assistant Superintendent Melea Nalli said options for elementary and middle school students include more partial in-person learning days; extending the time and days students are physically in schools; increasing […]
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Ed techs punch above their weight
Educational technicians – better known as ed techs – are the glue that holds schools together. I speak from experience: I started my career as an ed tech. Principals and teachers rely on ed techs. Portland Public Schools has 235 ed techs – almost 1 in 5 of our employees. Their titles give a sense […]
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Teacher diversity remains challenge-filled priority for Portland Public Schools
The school district, which has doubled the number of educators of color since 2016, is coming up with a plan based on findings of an Educators of Color study conducted with Bowdoin College.
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Start time change for Portland schools under consideration again
Parents will be surveyed on the prospective change to a later start time for middle and high school students and an earlier start time for elementary students.
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Parents frustrated with Portland’s plan for high school instruction
The plan to bring sophomores, juniors and seniors into school for 4-4½ hours a week is inequitable, Back to School Portland members say.
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Some Portland high school parents disappointed with proposal to add 4 hours of in-person learning
The superintendent is expected to present the plans for adding in-person time for 10th- through 12th-grade students at a school board meeting Tuesday.
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Portland Schools’ response to harassment, bias allegations is strong, experts say
The use of a third-party arbiter to address student complaints and giving students more voice in the culture and climate at their schools are two vital components of the district’s plan, they say.
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Public can weigh in on school-police policies
PORTLAND — The Portland school district is still months away from unveiling policies on how school officials and law enforcement will interact in the absence of school resource officers. The district has 13 policies now that outline the relationship between schools and the Portland Police Department regarding bomb threats, drug and alcohol use, firearms or […]
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Students get lesson in facing fears with Reiche teachers’ polar dip
More than a dozen teachers and supporters ran into the frigid water off East End Beach Sunday and raised money for 400 books about perseverance and overcoming obstacles.
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Portland school board wants teachers to address LGBTQ injustices
Board members, spurred by a string of hate mail in the area, are working on a resolution to encourage age-appropriate conversations about the incidents and the display of pride images in schools.