The projects at Reiche, Presumpscot and Longfellow elementary schools are facing an additional $1.4 million in costs due to permitting delays.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Augusta teachers exhausted by pandemic-era instruction as student problems spike
Cony Middle and High School teachers say the first two months of the 2021-22 school have brought “extreme exhaustion and stress.”
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RSU 4 School Board chairman ends meeting after man refuses to wear mask
The meeting became increasingly tense as attendees heckled the chairman, who declined to start the meeting.
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UMaine System trustees accept USM president’s resignation despite faculty’s concerns
The board of trustees is moving ahead with a search for a new president at the University of Southern Maine after accepting Glenn Cummings’ request to return to the faculty.
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Portland school employee now faces federal sex crime charges
The latest charges against Benjamin Conroy are related to the same incident in the classroom at Ocean Avenue Elementary School where he worked as an education technician.
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USM Faculty Senate urges UMaine System to retain Cummings as president
Glenn Cummings says the faculty resolution is ‘very heartwarming,’ but he is comfortable with his decision to step down from the presidency into a teaching position.
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Portland warns parents it may cancel some school bus runs because of driver shortage
The district is telling families of elementary and middle school students to prepare for the possibility that one or more daily runs could be canceled this fall, while it offers incentives to try to hire more people.
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Colby College announces program aimed at budding entrepreneurs
The Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship is expected to launch next year and could increase the college’s presence in downtown Waterville.
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RSU 16 officials ask for help after staff berated and threatened by people angry at COVID-19 rules
‘Make this level of incivility stop,’ administrators for the Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot school district plead.
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Portland school board approves policy defining role of police in schools
The policy, approved unanimously Tuesday, offers clarity for when police should and shouldn’t be in schools and on what grounds they’re allowed to interview students.