Renaming Riverton Elementary School as the Gerald E. Talbot Community School is expected to take place by the 2020-21 school year.
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Maine school districts would benefit from supplemental budget
Portland could receive a roughly $600,000 increase, and Brunswick, Gorham and Scarborough also could see a jump in state funding.
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Portland schools, city continue work on body camera negotiations
The police chief stressed a desire to start using the cameras right away at a board meeting in November, but school officials say there is no firm timeline for working out an agreement governing the rules for their use.
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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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One year in a one-room schoolhouse
Jenny Baum came from New York City last fall to teach Cliff Island’s two pupils. It already feels like home.
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One year in a one-room schoolhouse
Jenny Baum came from New York City last fall to teach Cliff Island’s two pupils. It already feels like home.
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Portland hires new assistant superintendent
Aaron Townsend will be the assistant superintendent for school management starting July 1.
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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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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.