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PublishedMarch 18, 2021
Portland school staffer is a finalist for national Custodian of the Year
Donna Colello, the head custodian at Ocean Avenue School, has been working for Portland Public Schools for 25 years.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
Portland school board votes to give workers $18-an-hour minimum wage hazard pay
The city has said it will wait to enforce the hazard pay provision in the minimum wage referendum approved by voters in November, but the school board voted Tuesday to implement the provision retroactively to Dec. 3.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Staffing shortages caused by COVID exposure forcing some Maine schools to go remote
As more teachers and staff quarantine because of coronavirus exposure, school districts are struggling to find enough substitutes to keep buildings open for in-person learning.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2020
For hardy Maine teachers and students, outdoor learning will continue this winter
With the right preparation and community partnerships, some educators are planning on keeping outdoor learning going through the winter as a means of fighting COVID-19.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2020
Portland schools will stop asking families to verify daily COVID symptom checks
Only 50 to 60% of students were verifying that they'd completed the checks, making additional work for school nurses and staff, the district says.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2020
Ninety-one Portland students, staff in quarantine, as district reports 5th new coronavirus case
Portland Public Schools will post weekly COVID report cards to keep the public updated on cases going forward.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
Portland elementary teacher named Maine Teacher of the Year
Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at the Gerald E. Talbot Community School, received the recognition at an outdoor ceremony Thursday morning.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2020
Portland high school families push for more in-person learning
Superintendent Xavier Botana said physical distancing and staffing challenges are preventing the district from offering more in-person options for 10th- through 12th-graders.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
Portland schools delay bringing back elementary students for full-time, in-person learning
Space, distancing and staffing challenges contributed to the decision not to resume full-time classroom instruction Oct. 13, the superintendent said in a letter to families.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Portland school board confronts ‘impossible situation’ for reopening this fall
Board members say they are sympathetic to concerns about the district's proposed hybrid model and will work to come up with solutions over the next 2 weeks.
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