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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Portland high schools ’empty,’ consultant says
A study by an outside group intended to help identify cost-cutting opportunities finds that Portland and Deering high schools have far fewer students than they were designed for.
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Parents ask officials to protect 4 Portland schools as city looks to cut costs
Presumpscot school parents pack a meeting and turn in a petition calling for the four schools that are in line for renovations to remain open.
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Portland’s Bayside school displaced by water main break
Bayside Learning Community, which serves about 36 students, will temporarily relocate.
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Chairwoman of Portland school board presses for universal pre-kindergarten
In her State of the Schools address, Anna Trevorrow recounts successes in the district and says expanded pre-K would ‘help make a difference to all students.’
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Video: From peanut butter cups to gummy boogers, Portland kids talk about Halloween candies they love
We went straight to the experts – kids at Rowe Elementary School in Portland.
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Portland school board to include island schools, non-school facilities in cost-saving review
Redistricting, school closure and program changes could be among the possibilities considered in a major facilities assessment.
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With state school funding drying up, Portland studying possible school closures, redistricting
Outside consultants and a local commission are to provide recommendations by early 2019.
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A mother sends her boy off to kindergarten in Portland and wonders, ‘Where are the vegan options?’
The district has been a leader in vegetarian offerings but lags in vegan ones, Avery Yale Kamila says.
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National poetry contest drops citizenship rule that Deering student challenged to get in
Allan Monga, an asylum-seeker from Zambia, was initially deemed ineligible for the national Poetry Out Loud competition and went to court over it.