A security video from early Wednesday morning shows two people running around the buses, causing an estimated $12,000 in damage.
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Portland council votes 7-2 to reduce school budget by $1.1 million
The school board now will have to look for areas where it can reduce its $112 million spending plan before it is sent to voters on June 12.
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Iraqi refugee’s story reveals pathway to American dream
The Portland man is among a growing number of English language learners who have turned to the Biddeford Adult Education program.
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Cumberland second-grade teacher among 16 honored as county teachers of the year
Connie Russell, who works at Mabel Wilson School, is among the finalists for Maine Teacher of the Year.
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Buxton principal warns of pinworm outbreak at elementary school
In a letter to parents, the principal says the school is disinfecting and cleaning surfaces.
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Veteran of academia hired to lead new UMaine graduate school of business
J. Michael Weber starts his post this summer, the first dean appointed to head the new program under the Maine Center for Graduate Professional Studies.
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Maine schools will get some state funding even though lawmakers failed to act
Because the Legislature adjourned without passing a major school funding bill, the state will consider it an emergency and issue subsidy checks based on conservative estimates, a spokesman says.
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Arizona teachers rally as funding vote nears that would end strike
The state’s educators have won a pay raise but haven’t yet secured additional school aid.
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Lawmakers didn’t fund Maine schools before adjournment last week
The lobbying group that represents superintendents warns that failure to release the more than $1 billion in funding could be ‘disruptive.’
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Maine Voices: Proficiency-based learning opponents should get out of the way of education
Let us teach. Let us implement one of your mandates before you begin another one.