Schools and Education - Portland Press Herald

Colleges rethink sex assault programs

by JULIET LINDERMAN The Associated Press September 6, 2014September 5, 2014

Many schools are making sexual assault awareness sessions mandatory for new students.

The state-of-the-art system, one of only two in Maine, will supplement flight training for the university’s growing number of aviation students.

Emmanuel Caulk got no support for his proposal to provide online instruction to keep students from leaving for a charter school.

The mayor opposes letting a for-profit curriculum company play a role, and a state official says it could cost more than expected.

School board members want to know if the online classes would be limited to certain students or accessible to all in grades 7-12.

The university, aiming to cut costs, must work with the Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation to sell or transfer the mansion designed by John Calvin Stevens.

He is currently the president and executive director of the G.W. Hinckley organization and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences.

After costs, the Portland School District expects to retain more than $2,000 per student enrolled in the program.

The former Baldacci administration official will serve one year as vice president for administration and finance.

Policy director Jeff Mao is leaving the Maine Learning Technology Initiative for a job in the private sector.