Lana covers education for the Portland Press Herald. She joins the Press Herald from VTDigger, where she covered Chittenden County, Vermont’s population center. Previously she was a Report for America fellow in Mendocino County, covering environmental news for a digital outlet and a public radio station. She also reported on the environment for digital news outlet, WhoWhatWhy. In her spare time Lana enjoys hiking with her Goldendoodle, Rigby, running, surfing and baking.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
University of Maine System seeing early success with new direct admissions program
UMaine schools are part of a national trend where acceptance offers are made to select students who never officially applied. So far, nearly 300 students who received the UMaine offers have enrolled.
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Overcrowded Maine schools face looming crisis when voters reject bonds
Districts such as Scarborough and others in southern Maine – where residents have balked at tax hikes – have few alternatives when they need to fund large construction projects.
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PublishedApril 13, 2024
Portland man charged with drug trafficking after police say $10,000 of fentanyl found
James Ferrar, 30, was arrested Thursday and charged with 3 counts of unlawful trafficking.
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PublishedApril 11, 2024
Bill to change special education for Maine’s youngest children advances in House, Senate
The bill still needs to pass a second round of votes in both chambers and be approved for funding by the Legislature’s appropriations committee before going to Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedApril 9, 2024
Portland school board approves $161 million budget
The spending plan, which would require a 6.6% increase in the schools portion of the tax rate, still needs to be passed by the City Council and voters.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Greater Portland totally embraces the almost-total solar eclipse
In Portland, about 100 miles south of the path of totality, the moon covered 96.4% of the sun at the eclipse’s peak.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Maine teacher shortage is expected to be widespread in the next school year
The state expects to have a critical need of teachers in health, special education, computer science, music, social studies, early childhood, art, English, English as a second language, science and math next year.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
University of Southern Maine students say new parking system has cost them thousands in fines
The university system started partnering with Parking Revenue Recovery Services in July. Many students say they have been ticketed when they haven’t violated any rules, and that appeals go unheard.
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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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