An advisory committee will meet Thursday, Nov. 21, to go over the feedback and how to incorporate the ideas as it begins cost estimate and design discussions for three Portland elementary schools.
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Foundation awards over $47,000 to Portland teachers
PORTLAND — The Foundation for Portland Public Schools has completed its eleventh annual Fall Teacher Grants Program cycle, awarding more than $47,000 to fund 75 grant proposals. The grants support teachers’ efforts to enrich education, innovate in the classroom, engage the community and inspire students. This year’s funded projects include investments in literacy resources, Wabanaki […]
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Advocates seek stronger sex harassment policies for schools
The school board will take up the issue at its meeting on Thursday.
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PATHS gives students an early lock on cybersecurity
A new course, the first of its kind in the state, teaches the fundamentals and examines the roles of computer security specialists.
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School board discusses resource officers’ roles, body cams
An agreement with Portland Police, set for a Nov. 12 vote, would allow the cameras to be used only in certain situations.
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Snyder elected Portland mayor
Kate Snyder ousts incumbent Mayor Ethan Strimling and defeats candidates Spencer Thibodeau and Travis Curran in Tuesday’s election.
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Chong, Burk elected in Portland’s District 3
Both will take office Dec. 2.
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Portland school buses to be fixed in voluntary recall
PORTLAND — Nine of Portland Public Schools’ buses will have remediation work to fix an issue with seats as soon as next month. The work comes as part of a voluntary recall, announced last month by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Seats on some ThomasBuilt buses have insufficient impact absorption in the event of […]
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Portland High School placed on lockdown after gun report
PORTLAND — Portland High School was placed on lockdown for less than an hour Tuesday, Oct. 22, after the Portland Regional Communication Center received a 911 call reporting there was someone in the school with a gun. The school resource officer put school into lockdown at 10:20 a.m., police said. The school was reopened at […]
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Portland nomination papers available for November elections
Four potential challengers already in the hunt to unseat Mayor Ethan Strimling.