Kristina Michaud, UNE medical school student
Kristina Michaud knows she’s going to owe about $150,000 in student loans by the time she graduates from medical school. She’s not worried about it. “I’m very confident in the value of my education and...
View ArticleUse of federal parents-only loans skyrockets
As parents struggle to find ways to help pay for their children’s college, a federal parents-only loan program has ballooned in the last decade. In 2011-12, the most recent year for which data are...
View ArticleIn many Maine households, parents shoulder high costs of college
Seventh in an occasional series First it was medical issues that left Carolyn Balsamo unable to work. Then her husband had an unexpected stretch of unemployment. With four children to raise, mortgage...
View ArticleMassachusetts students send balloon into outer space
BILLERICA, Mass. — Something that was in outer space now calls Billerica Memorial High School home. A balloon, along with a GPS tracking device and a GoPro camera, briefly reached outer space on June...
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For 5 friends, a long goodbye to college
BRUNSWICK — Callie Ferguson shut the trunk of her Honda CR-V packed with the last load of clothes and other odds and ends, a trunk of towels and a mug of pens, from her room at 11 Potter St. She had...
View ArticleDebate over ‘Indians’ mascot persists despite school board vote to keep it
SKOWHEGAN — Letters have been sent to the state education commissioner, the state Board of Education, the Skowhegan-based School Administrative District 54 school board and to the Maine Press...
View ArticleThe Caulk years: Many reforms, more outreach, a few missteps
When Emmanuel Caulk was named chief of Portland’s schools in 2012, the district was just emerging from a disastrous financial scandal that forced out a previous superintendent and prompted a major...
View ArticleUnity College president to retire at year’s end
UNITY — Unity College President Stephen Mulkey intends step down from the position and retire at the end of the year. The Unity Board of Trustees announced Mulkey’s retirement in a news release posted...
View ArticlePortland to replace departing superintendent on interim basis
Portland’s school board decided Tuesday night to seek an interim superintendent to replace Emmanuel Caulk, who will leave Maine soon to become superintendent in Lexington, Kentucky. Chairwoman Sarah...
View ArticlePortland school board to name interim superintendent Tuesday
The Portland Board of Education plans to name an interim superintendent next week. A special meeting of the board has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in Room 250 of Casco Bay High School, the school...
View ArticleScarborough school budget: Too low, too high or just not right?
For the third year in a row, and the fourth time in eight years, Scarborough voters are battling over school spending. And judging by high voter turnout and caustic comments on social media, the...
View ArticlePortland School Board member charged with drunken driving
A Portland School Board member faces a charge of drunken driving after she was stopped in Scarborough and failed a field sobriety test, police said. Jenna Vendil, 30, who is completing her sixth year...
View ArticleAugusta schools consider new grading system
AUGUSTA — New report cards that use the numbers 1 through 4 instead of letters or a more traditional numerical system to indicate student performance could be coming to the city’s public elementary...
View ArticlePortland to host free picnic Wednesday for city kids and parents
Portland’s schools will hold a free picnic for students and parents Wednesday at Deering Oaks. The event, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., is part of the school district’s annual meals program, which provides...
View ArticleJeanne Crocker named interim superintendent of Portland Public Schools
Portland has a new superintendent of schools, at least for the next year. The Board of Education, after meeting privately in executive session for an hour, voted Tuesday evening to hire Jeanne Crocker...
View ArticlePortland school board member charged with driving drunk says she’ll keep...
Jenna Vendil, the Portland Board of Education member who was charged with drunken driving last month, said she understands the seriousness of the allegations but promised to serve her constituents to...
View ArticleScarborough voters reject school district budget for second time
For the second time in a month, Scarborough voters rejected the district’s 2015-2016 school budget, setting up a third vote on a new budget – most likely sometime later this summer. Town Clerk Tody...
View ArticleFormer Salt Institute students present plan to rescue school
Offering online courses and improving marketing were part of a plan to rescue the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies presented by former students to the school’s board of directors Wednesday...
View ArticleMistake means Oakland owes $170,000 more
OAKLAND — Town Manager Gary Bowman said he was shocked when the assessor broke the news this week that the town would owe about $170,000 more than it had planned for its share of the Regional School...
View ArticlePortland holds Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic: Photos
Portland held its Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic at Deering Oaks on Thursday. The picnic was hosted by Portland’s Feeding Bodies and Minds collaborative project to raise awareness about the...
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