Kelley Bouchard writes about what’s happening in Maine and beyond, with a focus on South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and other communities in Cumberland County. Her interests include housing, immigration, human rights, history, aging issues, sustainability, the environment and the untold story. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. Before joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1998, she was a reporter for the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
City school budget gets committee’s approval
The plan would eliminate 64 positions and would add 11 cents to the property tax rate.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Boston athletic program reps share experience with Portland school officials
School Committee members are looking for non-tax funding sources for sports and other extracurricular activities.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Riverton anxious to elevate its scores
Staffers at the elementary school are already looking for ways to pursue funds to help students improve.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Portland group winstop environmental honor
The community coalition is working to reduce waste in the city’s public schools.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
King, Lincoln math teamsshine at state meet
King Middle School student Evan Peaco will help represent Maine at the national MATHCOUNTS competition at Disney World in May.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
State releases data onall low-achieving schools
Ten persistently lowest-achieving schools must notify the state by Friday if they plan to apply for a share of $12 million in federal funding to pursue aggressive improvement plans.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Changes in sex ed may force overhaul of health program
PORTLAND – A push to change the way the city’s public schools offer sex education may force an overhaul of the district’s health curriculum, school officials said Monday. To save more than $200,000 a year, school officials plan to do away with the family living and human sexuality program after the 2010-11 school year and […]
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Portland seeks new fundingsources for sports, music
The School Committee is looking to ensure long-term survival, possibly through community help and grants.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2010
Gay rights group honors sponsor of marriage bill
State Sen. Dennis Damon kicked off a historic year for the state, says the head of EqualityMaine.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2010
School review list to be released
On Tuesday, the Maine Department of Education will release academic achievement data for more than 500 public schools that were reviewed in the state’s recent effort to identify 10 persistently lowest-achieving schools. Education Commissioner Susan Gendron says she is providing the background data because several school officials, legislators and others asked for it. On March […]
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