The program targets the dropout rate by bridging the middle school, high school gap.
Kelley Bouchard
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Portland superintendent cancels school Wednesday
Wednesday’s storm is expected to start in the early morning hours and bring 9 to 18 inches of snow.
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Music programs get tuneup
Portland’s audit is part of an effort to make better-informed school spending decisions.
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Aid dries up; schools brace for shortfalls
It wasn’t unexpected, but districts are still looking at ‘horrible’ times thanks to a $60 million reduction.
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Report: Structure UMaine programs to feed businesses
The chancellor says he has concluded that higher education translates into economic development.
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Maine students reach top 10 on national science test
Fourth-graders tied for fifth and eighth-graders tied for eighth in an assessment done in 45 states.
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‘Bleak picture’ faces Portland schools in $4 million shortfall
The 2011-12 budget will likely be lower than this year’s, but cuts in federal funding are expected.
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Maine students perform well on national science test
Maine’s fourth-graders place fifth and eighth-graders place eighth on science portion of National Assessment of Educational Progress.
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Hearing tonight kicks off school budget season
The Portland school board meeting starts at 7 tonight in King Middle School cafeteria.
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Old-school folk prepare for new-school move
Everyone’s psyched about the Ocean Avenue school, principal says