The district’s elementary school students have had vegan choices for several years. Now the lunch program has expanded to other grade levels.
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Portland school district identifies $500,000 to resolve retirement pay issues
The district’s finance director says savings from grant-funded programs and staff vacancies will cover the contract with an accounting firm to reconcile payment issues with the state’s public retirement system.
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Portland school board OKs contract with 12% raise for most ed techs
But the district put off a decision on whether to hire an accounting firm to help sort out ongoing payroll issues, specifically incorrect payments it made to the Maine Public Employee Retirement System.
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Taking steps to strengthen learning for all students
The Portland Public Schools started this school year with a new strategic plan. It has five priorities we plan to achieve over the next five years and maps out the steps we’re going to take each year to realize these priorities. But what does our strategic plan mean for students in the classroom? That’s a […]
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Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation awards $25,000 to Portland Public Schools
The grant should allow the Lyman Moore, King and Lincoln libraries to purchase about 400 new books each, expanding the diversity of their collections.
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Planning for the future of our high schools, near- and long-term
Portland Public Schools envisions a future where our high schools have fantastic facilities where we provide students with a rigorous academic, career and technical education high school experience. And with our high school buildings assessed in 2017 to have $40 million each in improvement needs – a price tag sure to climb higher due to […]
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After starting new year without a contract, Portland ed techs call for higher wages
Dozens of education technicians filed into Tuesday night’s meeting of the Portland Board of Education, after months of collective bargaining negotiations have failed to render a new contract. The previous contract expired last week.
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Southern Maine schools are bumping up pay to curb bus driver shortage
While some efforts have attracted new applicants, districts still face persistent vacancies.
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School Notebook: Aug. 21
Two seniors chosen as Student Leaders interns Two Deering High School seniors were selected for Bank of America’s Student Leaders summer internship, an eight-week paid program to help students connect with employment and develop their skills. Jael Mowa is working at Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine. She is the state policy director for […]
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Gearing up for the 2024-2025 school year
One of the things I really appreciate about education is that it’s cyclical. We feel pride and a sense of accomplishment as school ends each June and renewed excitement each fall as we begin a new school year. The summer provides an interlude that we use not only for summer learning, but to reflect on […]