Portage schools put administrative pay increases on hold

PORTAGE | Pay increases for 18 Portage Township Schools administrators were put on hold Monday.

Speaker forms approved by Portage School Board

PORTAGE | People wanting to speak at a Portage Township School Board meeting will have to fill out a form prior to speaking after a Monday night decision.

Portage school board eyes forms for meeting speakers

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board will consider requiring people who want to speak at a public meeting to fill out a form prior to the meeting.

Schools to try again to be removed from TIF district

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will try again to carve itself out of the city's tax increment financing district.

Portage school officials assure parents of safety

PORTAGE | Portage Township School Board President Glenda Owens' voice crackled at the start of Monday's meeting as she asked for a moment of silence in honor of those killed Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn.

Schools won't allow nonresident enrollment

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will not open enrollment to nonresident students.

Board considers admission for children of nonresident employees

PORTAGE | On the surface, it may seem simple.

Portage schools to resume student surveys

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will resume allowing students to participate in surveys.

District keeping Ekdahl as park proxy

PORTAGE | Debra Ekdahl will remain the Portage Township School Board's representative on the Portage Park Board despite a request by the mayor that she be replaced.

Board to seek policy on fundraising money use

PORTAGE | The Portage Township Schools board will seek a policy regarding spending school fundraising money after a controversy last month involving athletic department funds.

Board quashes change in insurance carriers

PORTAGE | A tie vote Monday has left the Portage Township Schools district paying an additional $169,000 for insurance this year.

Special sidewalks, mascot idea dies

PORTAGE | There won't be any enhanced sidewalk emblazoned with the Portage High School mascot installed on the east side of the high school.

Contract awarded to repair Portage school exterior

PORTAGE | A contract was awarded this week to repair the deteriorating concrete panels on the exterior of Portage High School East.

School Board approves contracts for Portage High improvements

PORTAGE | The Portage Township Schools board on Monday approved a contract to complete the first phase of the Portage High School East campus master plan.