Portland school board approves $119.9 million budget, with work to come on cuts

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Published
May 26, 2020

Portland school board approves $119.9 million budget, with work to come on cuts

The board directed the superintendent to work with unions to find $400,000 in cuts from cost-of-living increases or other line items.
Published
May 26, 2020

DeVos defends policy boosting virus aid for private schools

The policy will steer tens of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief to private primary schools and secondary schools across the nation.
Published
May 26, 2020

Maine high schools get creative to salvage graduations

Unable to host traditional ceremonies because of the pandemic, schools opt for drive-in ceremonies, video productions and small gatherings to honor the Class of 2020.
Published
May 25, 2020

Portland schools eye cuts to meet financial stresses of pandemic

The district is looking to renegotiate cost-of-living increases for staff in order to trim the budget, with a backup plan to cut from athletics and co-curricular activities.
Published
May 24, 2020

Fifty years later, Colby College’s Class of 1970 recounts disruption to semester’s end

As the coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to Colby's final weeks of classes and traditional commencement ceremonies, members of the class of 1970 recall how protests and tension that year also disrupted the end of the semester even as their own 50th reunion is now canceled.
Published
May 24, 2020

For high school seniors in Maine, it’s the year without a prom

Here are portraits are of 11 students dealing with a new reality brought on by the coronavirus.
Published
May 24, 2020

For working parents, uncertainty about a return to school poses a challenge

As school districts make plans for the fall, some parents worry they will be forced to balance a safe return to school with the added stress of work and school schedules not lining up.
Published
May 24, 2020

Maine schools cautiously plan for what a return to classes will look like in the fall

Masks? Plexiglas? Six feet of space? Districts are bracing for what a different start to the school year could look like.
Published
May 23, 2020

For tech and trade students, online classes can’t replicate hands-on training

Many come from low-income households and such careers are a path out of poverty.
Published
May 22, 2020

‘Calm amidst a storm:’ Popular Edward Little teacher dies

The announcement that Matt Closson had died set off a fury of grief and shock on social media, particularly on the Auburn School Department Facebook page.