The man was the impetus for a new state law designed to give school districts more information about potential hires who might have moved to new districts despite unresolved misconduct investigations.
Riley Board
Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News, Schools and Education
As cellphone ban deadline approaches, many Maine schools grateful for mandate
A statewide requirement that all districts adopt bell-to-bell cellphone bans by Aug. 1 has been a boon to some school leaders already interested in reducing distractions, although some board members have been reluctant.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine lawmakers ask delegation to stop dismantling of Department of Education
Eight members of the Legislature’s education committee sent a letter to Maine’s federal delegation requesting that they work to halt the shift of civil rights and disability programming away from the department.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Hyde School asks court to throw out class action suit in first hearing
Lawyers for the Bath boarding school said the sole named plaintiff doesn’t have standing to bring the lawsuit, which claims the school engaged in emotional labor and trafficking.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Trans student referendum will not be on Maine’s November ballot, high court rules
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court said the secretary of state was correct to invalidate more than 1,000 signatures improperly collected by out-of-state circulators.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Portland school district asks court to dismiss child exploitation lawsuit
The suit relates to a then-7-year-old student who was sexually abused by an ed tech.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
‘Hugely disappointing’: Maine Democratic voters react to Platner rape allegation
Supporters are reeling and party officials are contemplating how they would replace the 41-year-old oysterman if he decides to withdraw from the race.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Former Portland student suing district over 2021 child sexual exploitation case
The student, who was 7 at the time, and her mother are suing the district and former superintendent for negligence and discrimination.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Federal appeals court mostly upholds Maine law on religious schools and public funding
The 1st U.S. Circuit agreed that St. Dominic Academy and Crosspoint Church cannot accept public tuition dollars while violating Maine’s employment and gender discrimination laws.
Posted inMaine, News
Robbins Lumber co-owner dies from explosion injuries
Alden Robbins, who died Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the third person to die as a result of the Searsmont fire and explosion in May.