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Podcast: Maine Things Considered
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Deering Students Sign Letter Defending School After Reports Of An 'Unsafe Climate'

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:03:04
Publish Date: 2019-08-08 06:15:58
Description: Students and staff at Deering High in Portland are pushing back against a public perception that the school has safety issues. Earlier this week, the Portland Press Herald reported that Deering is seeing a dramatic drop in enrollment for the incoming 9th grade class, driven in part by concerns among some in the community that the climate there is unsafe. But more than 120 Deering students have signed a letter defending their school.
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