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Scarborough council gives $450K back to schools, approves budget

SCARBOROUGH — A determination to hold the line on municipal spending and debate with the School Board over its proposed spending led to the approval Wednesday of a fiscal 2010 budget that maintains this year's property tax rate of $12.15 per $1,000 of assessed value. The final fig...

Peggy Roberts • News •
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:40 pm
School computer program may not fly in Cape Elizabeth, even with state OK

CAPE ELIZABETH — Cuts in state aid will leave the School Department $57,000 short of being able to participate in the state's high school laptop computer program if that program is approved by the Legislature. If the latest phase of the laptop program is set in motion by the state...

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Friday, April 17, 2009 at 2:50 pm
RSU officials make case for new school

BATH — Attendance was light Wednesday evening at the final public hearing on plans for a new Woolwich Central School, leading some advocates of the project to hope that the small turnout was a sign of silent support.

Alex Lear • News •
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Combined Cape budgets hold the line on taxes

CAPE ELIZABETH — The town could see less than a 1 percent increase in property taxes if the proposed municipal and school budgets are approved.

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Friday, March 13, 2009 at 1:36 pm
South Portland School Board OKs budget

SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board on Monday unanimously approved a more than $40.5 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.

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Friday, March 13, 2009 at 9:27 am
Proposed S.P. school budget axes 13 jobs

SOUTH PORTLAND — Superintendent of Schools Suzanne Godin on Wednesday night presented a 3.5 percent budget increase to the School Board, which will conduct budget reviews next week.

Randy Billings • News •
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 5:40 am
p-schoolaudit Accounting flaws still plague School Department

PORTLAND — A new audit of school and city finances reveals some of the same deficiencies in the School Department's accounting practices that led to nearly $2 million in overspending in 2007.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 6:45 pm
p-schoolbudget-012809 School chief: Sports cuts, furlough days unlikely School Committee rejects changes to sex ed program

PORTLAND — The School Committee last week voted unanimously against the interim superintendent's cost-cutting proposal to immediately shift the elementary school sex education program to regular classroom teachers.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 7:15 am
p-statebudget-011409 Schools spared additional state budget cuts

PORTLAND — Gov. John Baldacci last week unveiled a fiscal 2010-2011 budget that attempts to reduce spending to meet a $330 million drop in revenues caused by the national recession and an additional structural gap of $508 million.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm
p-superintendent-123108 Panel narrows school superintendent choices to 3 Candidates to visit Portland in January

PORTLAND — Three candidates competing to be the next superintendent of schools will visit the city for two days in January for a second round of interviews and to explore the community.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 9:48 am