Portland considers adding Yom Kippur, Eid al-Fitr to school calendar
Portland students and staff could have two new days off from school next year: the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur in October and the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr in March. The Portland school board has been ...
Negotiations with Portland Adult Education union headed for mediation
Members of the new union representing part-time teachers worry that bringing in a mediator will delay progress, but district ...
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‘You will lose teachers over this’: Teachers largely oppose CMSD school calendar cuts
Drew Ferguson, the CEO of Argonaut, speaks about school calendar cuts during a Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Credit: Michael Indriolo / ...
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Changing a School Bond Is a Dicey Proposition
But if those high schools are built to hold 1,700 students each, Portland State University’s Population Research Center projects the district won’t have enough students to fill most of them ...
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UNE students aid Biddeford Pool Conservation Trust in coastal restoration
On the surface, the digging and planting of 12,000 dune-grass stalks executed by University of New England ... Over three days, UNE students in the School of Marine and Environmental Programs ...
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USDA pauses nearly $30 million in funding to University of Maine System amid Title IX review
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen funding to the University of Maine System, according to school officials. Officials say that in an email received Monday, the USDA’s Office of the Chief ...
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South Portland's proposed budget plan includes layoffs to offset school costs
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — South Portland school staff and families now have more answers about looming layoffs—but not the ones they hoped to hear. Superintendent Tim Matheney confirmed during Monday's ...
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Kids bop at a Portland elementary school’s dance parties, but for a noise-averse neighbor, it’s not a big hit
Every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m., a gaggle of 5-, 6- and 7-year-olds spill out onto the playground at Sabin Elementary in Northeast Portland with the same energy as a herd of Gen Zers being let ...
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Portland State being investigated by DOE for antisemitic discrimination, harassment
One student believes the outside perception of Portland and the university based on the occupation of the library last school year is not a fair portrayal of the climate on campus. “One ...
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Portland Schools challenge Gov. Kotek's education bills over funding concerns
Portland Public Schools warns that new accountability bills could strain their budget without additional funding. Greenland Voters Reject Trump in Favor of Independence What Creedence Clearwater ...
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Two Candidates Seek School Board Seat in Southeast Portland
The race for the Portland Public Schools Board seat currently occupied by longtime board member Julia Brim-Edwards will be contested. Brim-Edwards, who is also a Multnomah County commissioner ...