Portland Public Schools, which began offering the meals in April to address concerns that Muslim students weren’t eating lunch at school, believes it’s the first district in the country to offer halal-certified meals at every grade level.
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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.
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UNE professor suspended for violating live animal research protocols
Multiple instances of noncompliance in live animal research led to the suspension of a shark and fish researcher at the university, who a spokesperson said no longer works at the school.
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Despite fears, most Maine districts OK school budgets
Voters in at least 6 districts, including Kennebunk-based RSU 21 and Gray-New Gloucester, rejected their school budgets, while a long-debated Cape Elizabeth bond project and a contested Gorham budget passed.
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Portland will ban cellphones during school day
The school board voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a bell-to-bell ban that supporters say will benefit students and teachers.
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Portland elects Sawtelle to school board, approves education budget
Retired Portland teacher Jayne Sawtelle wins the at-large seat in a special election, and the $172 million budget passes easily.
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Meet our 2025 Grads to Watch from southern Maine
This year’s standouts include top scholars and athletes, several musicians, artists and social activists, a few immigrants, a plumber in training, a technology whiz, a filmmaker and a future physician. They have accomplished so much already, and we’re excited to see what happens next.
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Southern Maine communities gear up for school budget, bond and candidate votes
A bond project in Cape Elizabeth and the budget in Gorham are among the elections that are expected to be closely contested on Tuesday.
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Biddeford High School sends off Class of 2025
175 seniors walked the stage in Biddeford High School’s Tiger Gym, where they heard messages about keeping it simple and making their impact on the world.
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Scarborough High revives student newspaper after 12 years of inactivity
A group of underclassmen founded The Storm this school year at a time when more and more young people eschew traditional media sources.
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Bill to support later high school start times passes in House, Senate
The measure, which originally mandated a statewide 8:30 a.m. or later high school start time, was amended to create funding for districts to pilot a later start time.