PORTLAND | Ten Maine Seeds met with the Portland Superintendent on September 7 to discuss the role Seeds will play in the district’s schools over the coming academic year.
This was the first quarterly meeting between Maine Seeds, the new superintendent of Portland Schools, Javier Botana, and the three principals of the city’s public schools.
Maine Seeds Program Director Tim Wilson said that the superintendent, even in his short tenure, had already heard about the Maine Seeds and their impact in high school classrooms across the state.
“He is eager to continue supporting them through these quarterly meetings and with an open-door policy,” said Tim.
Among the topics discussed were ways to further use dialogue to resolve tensions. The administrators also called on the Seeds to further develop their mentoring program with middle school students.