Superintendent Xavier Botana said the district is still processing the protests at Lincoln and Lyman Moore middle schools last week. The school board plans to hold a workshop to discuss the matter at its June 7 meeting.
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Incoming USM president shares vision for Lewiston-Auburn Campus
Jacqueline Edmondson visited the Lewiston-Auburn campus Tuesday morning to introduce herself and share brief remarks about her vision for the university’s smallest campus.
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Portland’s Lincoln Middle School principal requests leave of absence after student protest
Lincoln Middle School’s interim principal, Robyn Bailey, also came under fire last fall for an email she wrote criticizing women of color on the city’s charter commission.
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Penn State administrator named next president of USM
Jacqueline Edmonson, current chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will start in her job on July 1.
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Eight years after immigrating, 2 new Mainers fulfill dreams of graduating nursing school
Fabiola Jenson and Fartun Hirsi arrived in Maine from Rwanda and Somalia in 2014, and are now USM nursing school graduates.
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University of Southern Maine faculty senate votes no confidence in chancellor
USM faculty cited the departure of 3 system presidents within the year and a lack of faculty input in important University of Maine System decisions.
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Portland middle school students march against race, gender harassment
Students at Lyman Moore and Lincoln middle schools said they don’t believe teachers and administrators are taking their concerns seriously enough. Administrators say they want students to speak up.
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UMaine System chancellor calls for review of active employment searches and policies governing them
The change comes after faculty from the University of Maine at Augusta voted no confidence both in its presidential search and the chancellor.
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County teachers of the year announced in Maine
The 16 honorees include educators from Portland, Kennebunk and Lewiston.
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University of Maine at Augusta faculty senate votes no confidence in presidential search, system chancellor
During a five-hour meeting Wednesday, faculty members at UMA call for a new presidential search, following recent disclosures that faculty members and students at Michael R. Laliberte’s former university in New York had voted no confidence in him.