I am honored to join the Portland Public Schools community as the new superintendent. As I transition into the district, I look forward to listening and learning from all members of our community. Throughout the selection process, I had the opportunity to engage with students, families, staff and community members. While everyone answered the “What […]
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Portland schools embracing multilingual education
A third of the district’s roughly 6,500 students are multilingual, many with limited English. Preparing educators to confront that shift could benefit everyone.
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School Notebook: June 28
Students awarded $10,000 Mitchell Scholarships The Mitchell Institute has awarded 166 students across Maine scholarships of $10,000 each. Among the recipients are: Fatumo Abdirahman, Narciso Massala and Mayinga Mukinayi, Deering High School; Abdullah Alzamili and Miriam Tiani, Portland High School; Ahmednoor Hassan and Baqer Jalil, Casco Bay High School; Gwyneth Adrian and Lydia Branson, Cape […]
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Portland school district prepares for more English language learners
Over 25% of the Portland Public School District’s students are English language learners.
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Portland Superintendents’ Notebook: Powerful student voices represent the Class of 2023
We were honored this month to participate in commencement ceremonies for the Portland Public Schools’ three high schools: Portland, Deering and Casco Bay. Each school is unique and their graduation exercises for the more than 400 graduates of the Class of 2023 reflected their distinctive characteristics. However, what all three ceremonies had in common was […]
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Portland hires new superintendent of schools
Dr. Ryan Scallon will take over as superintendent, effective July 1.
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Assistant superintendent from Philadelphia chosen as Portland’s next schools leader
Ryan Scallon, who is an assistant superintendent in the Philadelphia school system, will replace former superintendent Xavier Botana.
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Portland schools struggle to enroll students amid influx of asylum seekers
The city school district has enrolled over 800 students whose primary language is not English this school year – about twice the rate of the previous year.
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Portland Superintendents’ Notebook: Appreciating faculty, staff for dedication to Portland students
In this last month of school before regular classes end in June, it’s a good time to thank all our Portland Public Schools staff for their hard work throughout this year. We see them and we appreciate them – not just in May but all year long. May 8-12 was National Teacher Appreciation Week, and […]
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School Notebook: May 10
New Rowe Elementary School principal William Anton, a superintendent at Windham Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, will be the new principal of Amanda C. Rowe Elementary School in Portland, starting July 1. He served as an elementary school principal at The Dover School in Dover, Vermont, for seven years. Portland Public Schools student art show […]