Schools and Education
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Maine’s director of Child Development Services retires after no-confidence vote
Roberta Lucas had come under scrutiny this year because the agency has been failing to meet its legal obligations to provide disability services to young children.
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PublishedApril 4, 2024
Portland City Council gets its first look at amended 2024-25 school budget
The school board's finance committee on Monday voted to add 17 positions that were originally slated to be cut back into the budget for a cost of $1.3 million.
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PublishedApril 2, 2024
Portland school board appears likely to approve $162.3 million budget
The spending plan reinstates about 17 positions that had been slated for elimination in the original proposal while maintaining the proposed 6.85% tax increase.
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PublishedApril 2, 2024
College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say it’s OK, financial aid can numb sticker shock
The amount lower-income students are paying at elite institutions has been declining over the past 6 years, but some school officials are worried the climbing costs will put off some students from applying entirely.
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PublishedApril 2, 2024
Bowdoin College student’s death ruled a suicide
Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan said in a statement Tuesday that 20-year-old Qingyang Zhan, of California, took her own life Sunday morning.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
Portland schools’ finance panel approves budget that reduces staff cuts, maintains tax increase
The proposed spending plan cuts fewer positions but maintains the 6.85% tax increase under Superintendent Ryan Scallon's $161 million proposal through cost savings and by tapping into reserves.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book
For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
Bowdoin College community shaken by student’s death
Authorities are awaiting autopsy results on Qingyang Zhan, a 20-year-old junior whose body was found in a parking lot in Topsham early Sunday. Police say there is no threat to the public.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
Technical education is becoming increasingly popular. Can Maine’s programs meet the demand?
Career and technical education center directors say statewide increased enrollment in programs is positive, but some are concerned about staffing and space limitations.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
What it will take for Maine schools to serve more kids with disabilities
A bill pending in the Legislature would require schools to educate and provide services for 3- and 4-year-olds. Some districts are showing the way.
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