A Native American complains that Wells’ school nickname, ‘Warriors,’ fostered behavior at a football game by students and adults that is offensive to her culture.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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USM builds an all-faiths place to pray on Portland campus
The new room is a response to students’ calls for a more accommodating space to pray and better hours.
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Long-debated Portland issue coming to vote: Pay to fix 2 elementary schools, or 4?
Proponents of one borrowing plan say it’s not fair to renovate two schools but not others, but the two-school advocates want to wait and see if the state will cover the cost of replacing some facilities.
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Portland school bond Q and A
Q: How much would the $64 million bond to fix all four schools cost taxpayers? A: Borrowed in stages over the next six years, the bond would result in $91 million in debt after interest. Property taxes are projected to increase by 3.1 percent over a 26-year period, adding an average of $104 a year […]
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Perkins Loan Program expires despite attempts to save it
About 4,000 students in Maine now receive financial aid through the federal program.
Posted inNew England, News, Schools and Education
Vermont town weighs turning high school into agricultural magnet school
It’s that, or close the school, which has only 55 students, says a school board working group.
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Descendants of woman misused by doctors speak at USM on medical ethics
Henrietta Lacks’ cancer cells were taken without her consent and led to many medical advances. A grandson says, ‘There was an injustice done in 1951.’
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Mt. Blue High School gets preliminary OK to partner with Chinese school
Sixty Chinese students would take part in the program the first year and 120 the next, earning diplomas from Mt. Blue and their Chinese school.
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DeVos puts school choice at the top of new set of education priorities
The goals guiding states, schools and universities competing for federal money are a way education secretaries can move policy in a direction they desire.
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Mold discovered at second Portland elementary school
The mold was discovered about three weeks ago at the Reiche school, and work has begun to remove it and fix a leaky pipe that caused it, according to School Superintendent Xavier Botana.