Andrew Zarro will replace Justin Costa on the City Council and Aura Russell-Bedder will replace Timothy Atkinson
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Four schools in Portland see positive COVID tests
PORTLAND — Four individuals at Rowe Elementary School, King Middle School, Lyman Moore Middle School and Portland High School have tested positive for COVID-19. As many as 50 individuals at Portland High will be required to quarantine for two weeks. “We are informing everyone to be transparent and out of an abundance of caution,” Superintendent […]
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Candidates, referendum questions pack Portland ballot
The city has already received more than 20,300 absentee ballots.
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Portland moving forward on scaled back renovations of 4 elementary schools
Renovations are nearing completion at Lyseth Elementary School, and the district is scheduled to seek bids for the remaining 3 schools this winter.
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School districts face end-of-year deadline to spend CARES money
Schools must figure out how to spend the money in the next two months without any plans for how coronavirus-related costs might be paid for after December.
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Portland school has state’s top teacher
Cindy Soule, a fourth grade teacher at Talbot Community School, has been named the Maine Teacher of the Year for 2021.
Posted inElection 2020, Local Elections, Maine, News, Schools and Education
School board candidates in Portland’s District 4 aim to address equity, budget concerns
The race features Aura Russell-Bedder, a social worker and Presumpscot parent, and Chris Vail, a firefighter and Lyseth parent.
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Two candidates seek school board seat in Portland’s District 5
The race features Anthony Emerson, a cashier and recent USM graduate; and Jeffrey Irish, a supervisor in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
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Portland Schools worried about lack of response to symptom screening requirement
Through the first two weeks of school, four in every 10 students were not having their symptom screening reported to school officials before arriving at school.
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Equity, access key issues in Portland at-large school board race
Nyalat Biliew, Stacey Hang and Yusuf Yusuf have all set their sights on an at-large Portland school board seat being vacated by Mark Balfantz.