Schools and Education
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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 15, 2022
After 13 months of contract negotiations, Augusta teachers receive 5.5% pay raise
The new contract, which the Augusta Board of Education approved Wednesday, increases the lowest salary a teacher in the district can earn to $42,261 from $40,058.
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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 12, 2022
Vermont’s largest city sues Monsanto over school contamination
In a statement issued on Monday, Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, said the lawsuit had no merit and the entire situation could have been avoided.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Grades changed during glitch in UMaine Augusta course portal were authorized, review finds
No students were found to have wrongly altered scores on quizzes or assignments during the nearly two days many were given administrative access to the Brightspace Learning Management System.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2022
Kennebunk-area school district issues health alert following confirmed case of pertussis
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention notified RSU 21 of the case at Sea Road School.
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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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