The new contract, which the Augusta Board of Education approved Wednesday, increases the lowest salary a teacher in the district can earn to $42,261 from $40,058.
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Roux Institute joins with hospital networks to boost health care tech start-ups
The program created in partnership with MaineHealth and Northern Light Health will provide residencies to entrepreneurs in health care tech.
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Portland school board chair says payroll woes more widespread than previously reported
About 750 individuals, or half of the district’s workforce, have logged payroll or payroll-related issues, according to officials who met with staff at each of the schools.
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Cumberland-based SAD 51 latest to be hit by illness
The district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth is holding remote classes for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade on Tuesday because of a surge in illness affecting 270 of its 2,100 students.
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Vermont’s largest city sues Monsanto over school contamination
In a statement issued on Monday, Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, said the lawsuit had no merit and the entire situation could have been avoided.
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Grades changed during glitch in UMaine Augusta course portal were authorized, review finds
No students were found to have wrongly altered scores on quizzes or assignments during the nearly two days many were given administrative access to the Brightspace Learning Management System.
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Kennebunk-area school district issues health alert following confirmed case of pertussis
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention notified RSU 21 of the case at Sea Road School.
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Union and school officials reach agreement on how and when district will remedy payroll issues
Portland Public Schools and the union representing its educators signed a legally binding memorandum of understanding.
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Auditors warned Portland school officials about potential payroll problems
An audit submitted last spring and discussed by city and school officials in September warned about problems that appear to have contributed to some employees not being paid correctly or on time since October.
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Portland school employees take district to task over payroll issues
District officials said they are working to rectify the problems, but that the underlying causes that led to some employees being paid late, inaccurately or not at all for multiple pay periods remain unresolved.