Hundreds graduate from Portland’s high schools in 3 ceremonies

Schools and Education

Published
June 6, 2019

Hundreds graduate from Portland’s high schools in 3 ceremonies

Portland High School, Deering High School and Casco Bay High School hold consecutive commencements Thursday, handing diplomas to nearly 500 new graduates.
Published
June 6, 2019

South Portland due to vote on $52.3 million school budget

The proposed education budget heading to South Portland voters is up 4.6% from this year.
Published
June 6, 2019

Skowhegan school board elections Tuesday; ‘Indians’ question gone but not forgotten

Five candidates are vying for three open seats representing Skowhegan on the School Administrative District 54 board of directors, for which costs and bullying are emerging as top issues.
Published
June 6, 2019

Old Orchard Beach voters asked to approve $15 million school budget

The proposed school budget is 6.6% higher than the current budget.
Published
June 6, 2019

Saco residents to decide on $40.5 million school budget

The school budget is about 3 percent higher than the current budget.
Published
June 5, 2019

Biddeford family realizes high school graduation dream together

Tina Bruns dropped out of Portland High School in 1994; on Wednesday she and her three children, also dropouts, graduated from Biddeford Adult Education.
Published
June 5, 2019

Lawmakers urged to save advanced placement program for students in rural Maine

The AP4ALL program is targeted for elimination by the state Department of Education, but supporters say it provides important access to courses for students in smaller schools.
Published
June 4, 2019

Bowdoin Museum curator departs for job at Harvard

Joachim Homann has been at Bowdoin since 2010.
Published
June 2, 2019

Veteran Augusta teachers retiring the way they taught — together

Farrington Elementary School teachers, who each have had some of their former students' children as students, are stepping down after each educating hundreds of children.
Published
June 2, 2019

Our 2019 graduates to watch are making waves in the world

Coming from high schools across southern Maine, these outstanding members of the class of 2019 have already accomplished a lot and plan to do more.