Every student who graduates will receive a cash award, starting with the Class of 2023.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Lewiston students push officials to improve bathroom access in high school
Students are asking administrators to open four locked restrooms and make repairs to other restroom facilities.
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IRS fined Portland schools more than $1 million in past 4 years
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Access Act request show that the district struggled to manage its finances for years before its payroll system broke down last fall.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school
Hundreds of thousands of students who have dropped off public school rolls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are unaccounted for.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Over 100 Lewiston students could be barred from school without required vaccinations
The 2019 law requires students to be vaccinated against infectious diseases like whooping cough, tetanus, measles, mumps and chickenpox.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Richmond must drastically increase short-term school budget and hire administrators as soon as possible, consultant says
“The financial consequences of not being ready are far more serious than the fact you might be short,” consultant Jack Turcott told the committee overseeing the town’s transition out of Regional School Unit 2.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine community colleges stop requiring COVID-19 vaccine
The system president says high vaccination rates in the state and improved outcomes for people who contract COVID-19 played a role in the decision.
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Portland’s eighth graders get high schools of their choice
An equal number of students picked either Portland or Deering high, avoiding the need for the district to reassign students to balance enrollments under a new school choice policy.
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Audit confirms staffing, lack of controls led to payroll problems at Portland schools
The report by Spinglass Management Group also recommended outsourcing payroll and said the district’s decision to work with ADP Inc. should help resolve many outstanding problems.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston superintendent proposes apprenticeship program to alleviate staffing shortages
Jake Langlais is calling for the creation of a five-year on-the-job training program which would ultimately lead to certifications.