Kelley Bouchard writes about what’s happening in Maine and beyond, with a focus on South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and other communities in Cumberland County. Her interests include housing, immigration, human rights, history, aging issues, sustainability, the environment and the untold story. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. Before joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1998, she was a reporter for the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Panel offers tips on sports funding
PORTLAND — Representatives of the Boston Scholar Athlete Program told city school officials Wednesday how their new organization is trying to promote academics through an innovative corporate-sponsored sports program. School Committee members Sarah Thompson and Jaimey Caron invited the representatives to make a presentation. They’re investigating non-tax funding options because sports and other extracurricular programs […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
City school budget gets committee’s approval
The plan would eliminate 64 positions and would add 11 cents to the property tax rate.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Boston athletic program reps share experience with Portland school officials
School Committee members are looking for non-tax funding sources for sports and other extracurricular activities.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Riverton anxious to elevate its scores
Staffers at the elementary school are already looking for ways to pursue funds to help students improve.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Portland group winstop environmental honor
The community coalition is working to reduce waste in the city’s public schools.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
King, Lincoln math teamsshine at state meet
King Middle School student Evan Peaco will help represent Maine at the national MATHCOUNTS competition at Disney World in May.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
State releases data onall low-achieving schools
Ten persistently lowest-achieving schools must notify the state by Friday if they plan to apply for a share of $12 million in federal funding to pursue aggressive improvement plans.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Changes in sex ed may force overhaul of health program
PORTLAND – A push to change the way the city’s public schools offer sex education may force an overhaul of the district’s health curriculum, school officials said Monday. To save more than $200,000 a year, school officials plan to do away with the family living and human sexuality program after the 2010-11 school year and […]
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PublishedMarch 30, 2010
Portland seeks new fundingsources for sports, music
The School Committee is looking to ensure long-term survival, possibly through community help and grants.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2010
Gay rights group honors sponsor of marriage bill
State Sen. Dennis Damon kicked off a historic year for the state, says the head of EqualityMaine.
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