The proposal, which goes to voters Tuesday, doesn’t include an additional $6.2 million in state funding the district could receive if the governor’s supplemental budget is approved.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Class of 2021 top scholars in southern Maine
Here are the top scholars graduating from high schools in Cumberland and York counties. This list may be updated if additional schools provide their top grad lists. Schools are listed in alphabetical order, with Cumberland County followed by York County. CUMBERLAND COUNTY • Brunswick High School Luke Cheseldine, valedictorian; and Tyler Patterson, salutatorian. Summa cum […]
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Maine schools plan for five days per week of in-person learning this fall
Districts are weighing whether to participate in the state’s pooled testing program for COVID-19, which allows for the easing of physical distancing, and some are scaling back or eliminating remote options.
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Portland High School celebrates historic graduating class
The school held its 200th commencement ceremony Thursday, and the historic event was even more joyful after a year disrupted by the pandemic.
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Unity College reopening its main campus in August, will offer residential option
The college was fully remote during the 2020-21 academic year and isn’t planning to sell its campus after announcing plans to explore that option.
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Kennebunk area teachers plan march to draw attention to contract negotiations
Teachers have implemented work to rule and are planning to march through downtown Kennebunk on Friday to show solidarity.
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South Portland breaks ground on $69.3 million middle school
The school will replace the district’s 2 existing middle schools and is expected to open for the 2023-24 school year.
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Court affirms state funds for tuition at religious school in Vermont case
A lawsuit by 3 families in Maine who want the state to pay for religious school tuition was rejected by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston and has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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High school graduations are back, and in-person, after a year of difficult lessons
Deering High School’s outdoor ceremony at Memorial Field marks a return to some sense of normalcy.
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City to remove lawn signs of group opposing Portland school budget
The signs posted by Concerned Ethnic Fathers violate state law because they lack an address for the group, whose Instagram page says it is ‘concerned about our school board pushing Critical Race Theory disguised as equity.’