The race features Aura Russell-Bedder, a social worker and Presumpscot parent, and Chris Vail, a firefighter and Lyseth parent.
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Two candidates seek school board seat in Portland’s District 5
The race features Anthony Emerson, a cashier and recent USM graduate; and Jeffrey Irish, a supervisor in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
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Portland Schools worried about lack of response to symptom screening requirement
Through the first two weeks of school, four in every 10 students were not having their symptom screening reported to school officials before arriving at school.
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Equity, access key issues in Portland at-large school board race
Nyalat Biliew, Stacey Hang and Yusuf Yusuf have all set their sights on an at-large Portland school board seat being vacated by Mark Balfantz.
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Working together, we can make change succeed
By the time you read this, the first day of school for Portland Public Schools students – Monday, Sept. 14 – will be behind us. At the time of this writing, our plan is to open in hybrid mode, with a mix of in-person and remote learning. But one thing we’ve learned from this pandemic […]
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Portland Kids Duathlon raises $8,000 for COVID needs
PORTLAND — The Portland Kids Duathlon has donated $8,000 to the Foundation for Portland Public Schools to help with COVID-19 needs in the city schools. The money may be used for innovation grants to educators, extra academic support for students, free meals to supplement federal lunch and breakfast programs and to support families in crisis. […]
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Portland renames school for Maine’s first Black legislator
The former Riverton Elementary School formally became the Gerald E. Talbot Community School during a ceremony Monday.
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Six incumbents bowing out on City Council, school board seats
Candidates line up for November election, including four to replace At-Large Councilor Jill Duson, who has served for two decades.
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Portland School Notebook: Portland high schools send off 2020 graduates
Portland’s three high schools held graduations during the first week of August, with outdoor ceremonies held at Ocean Gateway due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Portland High School celebrated its 199th commencement ceremony with 181 graduates in the class of 2020. Class President Erin Chadbourne said students never guessed that when they left school on March […]
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People & Business: Aug. 12
Allen Avenue UU welcomes new minister Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland announces the arrival of its new minister, the Rev. Donna Dolham. In making the announcement, Search Committee Chair Pauli Juneau said, “Most members got to ‘meet’ Rev. Donna via Zoom meetings. These meetings led to our overwhelming vote to call her as […]