Lana covers education for the Portland Press Herald. She joins the Press Herald from VTDigger, where she covered Chittenden County, Vermont’s population center. Previously she was a Report for America fellow in Mendocino County, covering environmental news for a digital outlet and a public radio station. She also reported on the environment for digital news outlet, WhoWhatWhy. In her spare time Lana enjoys hiking with her Goldendoodle, Rigby, running, surfing and baking.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2022
Power outages, flooding make for family vacation to remember
A reporter’s family visiting during Friday’s historic storm is flooded out, but figures out a way to stay warm and dry by staying close.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2022
Tree chic: Christmas tradition keeps branching out
While many homes have Christmas trees on display, no two are quite the same.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Portland educators defend superintendent in wake of resignation announcement
At least 25 people at Tuesday night’s Portland board of education meeting praised Xavier Botana for his leadership in prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2022
Portland school board chair reaffirms district’s commitment to equity
Sarah Lentz delivered the annual State of the Schools address to the City Council Monday night.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
Portland schools superintendent resigns amid payroll turmoil
The Portland Public Schools Board of Education accepted Superintendent Xavier Botana’s resignation at a special meeting Friday afternoon.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
Roux Institute joins with hospital networks to boost health care tech start-ups
The program created in partnership with MaineHealth and Northern Light Health will provide residencies to entrepreneurs in health care tech.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2022
Portland school board chair says payroll woes more widespread than previously reported
About 750 individuals, or half of the district’s workforce, have logged payroll or payroll-related issues, according to officials who met with staff at each of the schools.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Cumberland-based SAD 51 latest to be hit by illness
The district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth is holding remote classes for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade on Tuesday because of a surge in illness affecting 270 of its 2,100 students.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Union and school officials reach agreement on how and when district will remedy payroll issues
Portland Public Schools and the union representing its educators signed a legally binding memorandum of understanding.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Auditors warned Portland school officials about potential payroll problems
An audit submitted last spring and discussed by city and school officials in September warned about problems that appear to have contributed to some employees not being paid correctly or on time since October.
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