The ruling in 2 consolidated lawsuits — including one in which Maine joined 21 other states — says that Trump’s plan amounts to an illegal closure of the Education Department.
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Parent, retired music teacher running in Portland school board special election
Absentee voting in the special election for an open at-large seat on Portland’s Board of Education has already begun, and election day is June 10.
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Unity Environmental University celebrates largest graduating class ever with Neil deGrasse Tyson
The once small, residential college now enrolls nearly 10,000 students in mostly online degree programs, and will honor about 1,000 in Portland’s Merrill Auditorium Friday.
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Proposed Portland school cellphone ban gets mixed reaction
Many speakers at a school board workshop Tuesday night support the proposal, but others, including many students, express concern about its implementation and equity.
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Portland City Council approves $171.8 million school budget
The spending plan, which would require a 5.3% increase in the schools portion of the property tax rate, advanced on a unanimous vote but still needs to be passed by voters.
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Former Mt. Ararat high, middle school employee under investigation, district says
SAD 75 Superintendent Heidi O’Leary calls the allegations against the ex-employee, who has not been charged or arrested, ‘deeply unsettling’ but does not elaborate.
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Maine marine scientist elected to America’s oldest honorary society
Lobster researcher Bob Steneck is the first University of Maine faculty member to gain entry to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Portland Diocese says no to operating St. Dom’s for a ‘bridge year’
Church officials and the board formed to save the school are still negotiating an offer to rent the campus next school year.
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Portland high schooler brings recognition of day against Asian hate to Maine
Waynflete student YuJi Smith spearheaded the effort to get Asian American and Pacific Islander Day Against Bullying and Hate on May 18 recognized by the state of Maine and city of Portland.
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St. Dom’s board proposes new terms as diocese’s deadline passes
The Saint Dominic Regional High School board had until Wednesday to come up with $3 million for an escrow account to help fund a ‘bridge year’ for the high school.