Maine school districts would benefit from supplemental budget
Portland could receive a roughly $600,000 increase, and Brunswick, Gorham and Scarborough also could see a jump in state funding.
View ArticlePortland renames school for Maine’s first African American legislator
Renaming Riverton Elementary School as the Gerald E. Talbot Community School is expected to take place by the 2020-21 school year.
View ArticleProsecutor drops OUI case against longtime Biddeford school bus driver
Richard Tanguay will return to work immediately, the superintendent said Friday, after breath and urine tests revealed no evidence of alcohol or drugs.
View ArticleRichmond residents to weigh in on leaving RSU 2
The question on the ballot asks whether residents want to explore leaving Regional School Unit 2, which would require knowing the costs to leave the district and to have Richmond run its own schools.
View ArticlePortland middle-schooler wins Cumberland County Spelling Bee
Rose Bolduc, a seventh-grader at Lincoln Middle School advanced to the Maine State Spelling Bee by spelling ‘attributive’ in the 21st round.
View ArticleTeacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
The report recommends schools focus on training teachers on how to respond to an active shooter rather than drilling kids.
View ArticleConcerns about Richmond schools boil over amid district-withdrawal talks
A public hearing during Monday's Board of Selectmen's meeting focused on the possibility of Richmond withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.
View ArticleSkowhegan area school district’s search for new mascot garners 1,500 suggestions
Gathering ideas for a new team name is the start of a multistep process sanctioned by the Maine School Administrative District 54 board last fall after the "Indians" nickname and mascot were retired.
View ArticleMaine’s rural school districts to lose $1.2 million with federal program change
The U.S. Department of Education has determined that free- and reduced-lunch numbers cannot be used as a basis for awarding federal Title V grant money for low-income rural schools.
View ArticleLunders to help fund art collaborative buildings in Waterville
The philanthropists are donating $3 million to the effort to renovate the buildings at 14 and 20 Main Street where offices of the Lunder Institute will share space with artist studios, and exhibit and...
View ArticleTwo Maine teachers among 11 chosen in nation to study in Arctic
The social studies teachers are among 11 educators nationwide to win spots in the research program.
View ArticlePortland district says renovating 4 elementary schools would cost $21 million...
The school board blames sharp increases in construction costs for the funding shortage.
View ArticlePortland school building committee to meet Thursday evening
The District Advisory Building Committee will meet at school district offices on Cumberland Avenue to discuss options for renovating four elementary schools in the face of rising construction costs.
View ArticlePortland seeks way to finish school renovations despite funding shortage
Rising construction costs mean the district will need at least $21 million more than the $64.3 million bond approved by voters to renovate the Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche elementary...
View ArticleMaine Republicans pressured USM to punish ‘rogue’ professor
University officials defend their actions surrounding the 2018 controversy to offer class credit for protesting Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, while critics say the response went too far...
View ArticleUMaine recalls students from Italy as state ramps up coronavirus response
Gov. Janet Mills convenes a coronavirus response team to coordinate state efforts, as UMaine recalls students and prohibits travel to some countries, and local schools notify parents of steps to...
View ArticlePortland school board to revisit proposal for police use of body cameras
The draft agreement, to be considered by the school board Tuesday, would allow the police department to have custody of video recordings but restrict their release.
View ArticlePolice body camera proposal raises questions for Portland school board
Members are poised to vote March 17 on the revised agreement, which includes restrictions on how police handle videos captured by cameras worn by officers in schools.
View ArticleSen. Collins involved in successful effort to protect federal funding for...
Maine's Republican senator said that more than 100 Maine schools were in jeopardy of losing as much as $1.2 million they use to cover expenses caused by geographic isolation.
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