Christine Frost-Bertinet, assistant superintendent of the Windham and Raymond School District, won the award for her commitment to equity and community engagement.
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.
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Portland school district identifies $500,000 to resolve retirement pay issues
The district’s finance director says savings from grant-funded programs and staff vacancies will cover the contract with an accounting firm to reconcile payment issues with the state’s public retirement system.
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Southern Maine voters mull millions in school building projects on November ballot
Maine schools often turn to taxpayers for school construction or renovation funding because of the state’s limited resources. But voters in those communities may not be open to picking up these big costs.
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Biden names UMaine president to National Science Board
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics education, will serve on the 24-member board that oversees the National Science Foundation.
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Portland school board OKs contract with 12% raise for most ed techs
But the district put off a decision on whether to hire an accounting firm to help sort out ongoing payroll issues, specifically incorrect payments it made to the Maine Public Employee Retirement System.
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Substitute teacher and business owner vie for at-large seat on Portland school board
Maya Lena, a substitute teacher and parent, and John Rousseau, an entrepreneur and parent of a recent graduate, are running for the only contested seat on the Portland Public Schools Board of Education.
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Portland ed techs to get raises under proposed contract agreement
The school board will vote Tuesday on an agreement between the school district and union that would raise the starting wage for most ed techs by 12%.
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Wiscasset 4th-grade teacher named Maine’s teacher of the year
The Maine Department of Education described the long-time educator as nature-oriented and a mentor to other teachers.
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Lincoln County mother appeals case of child’s gender expression at school
A federal appeals court will weigh whether Amber Lavigne can sue the Damariscotta school district, which she alleges violated her rights by withholding information about her child using a different name and pronouns in school.
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Portland fourth-graders explore Wabanaki history on Mackworth Island
Portland schools rolled out a Wabanaki studies curriculum after a 2022 report found schools weren’t properly teaching Indigenous history, despite a 20-year-old law.