A Portland School Board policy committee discussion around contracting rules held Tuesday afternoon further emphasized differences in governing styles on the new board.

The School Board’s composition dramatically shifted after the May election, when three longtime incumbents left their seats. The board’s leadership, chair Eddie Wang and vice chair Michelle DePass, have since tried to guide a fresh group of elected officials toward concentrating on big-picture outcomes . That’s in part because of their experience on boards past, where both say time was wasted picking apart tiny details and little was left to show for it.

But in the early months of the new school board, that governing philosophy has faced hiccups. That’s because there are still School Board members who see value in scrut

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