To meet its goal of offering at least 140 new seats of pre-K over the next five years, Portland schools will start with classrooms at Rowe Elementary and East End Community School.
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NYC teacher finishes first year in one-room schoolhouse on Cliff Island
Jenny Baum teaches the island’s two students and becomes a beloved member of the community.
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Portland hires new assistant superintendent of schools
Aaron Townsend is taking over from Jeanne Crocker, who is retiring at the end of the school year.
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Portland cost-cutting commission rejects combining some schools in reorganization
The panel recommends instead that the district consider moving adult education and central administration out of a building in the Bayside neighborhood and into unused school space.
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Portland school board votes to double pre-kindergarten program over 5 years
The expanded program is expected to cost $3 million and offer full-day classes to about 260 children, which is about half of the 4-year-olds in the city.
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Proposal to cut costs by reorganizing Portland schools is ‘deeply flawed,’ critics say
About a dozen speakers, many of them teachers, tell a study commission that the changes would be disruptive for students, ignore school culture, and limit academic and extracurricular activities.
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Committee backs hybrid plan to expand pre-K in Portland schools
The school board’s curriculum committee recommends ‘Pathway 2,” which would add five pre-K classrooms in district buildings and four more at community partner sites.
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Maine Voices: Portland students are rising up on behalf of solar energy
Kids understand the urgency of taking action, and they are ready to be heard by adults. .
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Portland looks to close Bayside school, distribute special education throughout district
The district’s staff says the new ‘Breathe’ program would better serve students who need support and on-site help but don’t need to be in a day program.
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Enrollment in Portland schools expected to dip slightly over next 6 years
The current enrollment of 6,821 will decline 1.2 percent to an estimated 6,724 students in 2025, a consultant forecasts.