Schools and Education
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PublishedApril 9, 2024
Portland school board approves $161 million budget
The spending plan, which would require a 6.6% increase in the schools portion of the tax rate, still needs to be passed by the City Council and voters.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Maine teacher shortage is expected to be widespread in the next school year
The state expects to have a critical need of teachers in health, special education, computer science, music, social studies, early childhood, art, English, English as a second language, science and math next year.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
University of Southern Maine students say new parking system has cost them thousands in fines
The university system started partnering with Parking Revenue Recovery Services in July. Many students say they have been ticketed when they haven't violated any rules, and that appeals go unheard.
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PublishedApril 7, 2024
UMaine team prepares to document total eclipse from the moon’s point of view
A video feed from a balloon drifting 90,000 feet above Maine will show the shadow pass over Earth as if seeing the eclipse from the vantage point of the moon.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Stephen King’s 50-year career has inspired a generation of writers and teachers
Once thought of as a pop culture phenomenon, the Maine author is now studied by academics and aspiring writers.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers
The plan would expand federal student loan relief to new yet-targeted categories of borrowers through the Higher Education Act.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Maine’s director of Child Development Services retires after no-confidence vote
Roberta Lucas had come under scrutiny this year because the agency has been failing to meet its legal obligations to provide disability services to young children.
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PublishedApril 4, 2024
Portland City Council gets its first look at amended 2024-25 school budget
The school board's finance committee on Monday voted to add 17 positions that were originally slated to be cut back into the budget for a cost of $1.3 million.
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PublishedApril 2, 2024
Portland school board appears likely to approve $162.3 million budget
The spending plan reinstates about 17 positions that had been slated for elimination in the original proposal while maintaining the proposed 6.85% tax increase.
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PublishedApril 2, 2024
College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say it’s OK, financial aid can numb sticker shock
The amount lower-income students are paying at elite institutions has been declining over the past 6 years, but some school officials are worried the climbing costs will put off some students from applying entirely.
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