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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Current, former Portland schools staff raise concerns about restructuring, impacts on employees of color
The board meeting Tuesday came just days after a group of parents began circulating a petition and complaint about ‘a troubling pattern of retaliation, removal and silencing of staff of color.’
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St. Dom’s high school to reopen at iconic Peck Building in Lewiston
The diocese closed the Auburn campus at the end of the 2024-25 school year after 84 years, citing low enrollment and operating losses.
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Heart of Biddeford event to showcase relationship between residents and Saco River
The Dec. 3 event, designed by a University of New England student, will bring together stories of science, art, poetry and community.
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Police, DA investigating fatal Rockland school bus crash
No charges have been filed against the driver of a school bus that struck and killed Regional School Unit 13 student Brayden Callahan, 12, on Friday.
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Mt. Blue schools: In a school district ‘mired in crisis,’ residents call for accountability
About 200 people packed the RSU 9 board of directors meeting last week to air comments on the middle school principal’s controversial Halloween costume.
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Bath Middle School introduces students to manufacturing
Students at Bath Middle School are getting hands-on experience for manufacturing careers through the STEM+M program.
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Only 2 Maine districts make the cut for school construction funds
Schools in Bath and Frenchville can get state funding to rebuild after both were damaged by fire, while a long list of other schools await funding to replace aging and deteriorating buildings.
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Greely grad makes quantum computing discovery
Christopher Gilbert, of Cumberland, found the smallest known set of quantum gates, enabling more accurate quantum computing.
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Kennebunk appoints interim school board member
Ashley O’Brien will serve on an interim basis until the next municipal election in June.