Randall J. LaRochelle, 39, was arrested for incidents that allegedly took place at his Belgrade home.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine System ready to recognize union for graduate student workers
An agreement in the works means the union and University of Maine System administrators can forgo government intervention.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Portland school board meetings resume after a month-long break
The Portland school board has high hopes for the upcoming school year.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
University of Maine chancellor wins back confidence of trustees, but not all the faculty
Some faculty are still not satisfied with Chancellor Dannel Malloy and say his contract renewal process lacked transparency and opportunities for participation.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Change is on the horizon as UMaine system struggles financially
The seven-university system is contending with declines in enrollment, state funding that hasn’t kept pace with inflation, and lingering doubts about its chancellor’s leadership.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Schools lost track of homeless kids during pandemic. Many face steep path to recovery
Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the COVID pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Auburn summer program aims to help new Mainers build relationship with the outdoors
Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
After second budget rejection, Gorham lays off 9 school employees
If a school district doesn’t have an approved budget by July 1, Maine law requires the district to keep using the one its budget committee mostly recently approved, even if voters haven’t signed off on it.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Once too high, Gorham schools budget now too low as leaders struggle to find a number that works
The $2 million in cuts were too costly for a majority of voters Tuesday, who chose to send the school committee back to find a new budget plan nearly one month into the fiscal year.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston High School considers installing vape detectors in bathrooms
School officials are discussing different strategies to increase access to bathrooms in the high school.