The union, which last week encouraged people to vote down the school budget, changed course when the district committed to adding back ed tech positions.
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 seeking input on middle school reorganization
The school district is holding two public meetings — a virtual session Monday and in-person meeting Tuesday at Ocean Ave Elementary — to gather feedback on potential changes to its middle school offerings.
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University of Maine System extends chancellor’s contract through 2028
Dannel Malloy, the former governor of Connecticut, has led Maine’s public university system since 2019.
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Maine college grads face worst job market in years: ‘It’s not like it used to be’
With entry-level positions at a premium, this year’s graduates are having more trouble than usual finding jobs in their field of study.
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Portland teachers union urges voters to reject school district budget
The union’s executive board says the $179.3 million budget is top-heavy and cuts ‘essential, student-facing support positions.’
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Portland will reject 650 school budget ballots received before City Council vote
The city will send voters new absentee ballots to fill out and return, but statewide primary votes will not be affected.
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Why can some Mainers vote absentee on school budgets before they’re finalized?
State statute says those votes must be rejected, but municipalities may interpret that requirement differently.
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Portland council moves $179M school budget forward
The spending plan, which requires a 5.68% increase in the school portion of the property tax rate, will go to voters on June 9.
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8 former Long Creek detainees allege ‘unimaginable abuse’
A 234-page lawsuit, filed Friday, recounts the experiences of former residents who were held at the youth detention center in the 1990s and allege they were physically and sexually abused by staff.
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Twins graduate from UNE medical school before going separate ways
Hafsa and Hammad Sadiq mostly have stuck to the same path, leading them to the stage at Merrill Auditorium on Friday, where they became doctors.