The school project appearing on the ballot is $30 million less that the project voters rejected in 2023.
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Maine schools are in disrepair. There isn’t enough money to address the crisis.
Rising construction costs, declining enrollment and a growing list of new school requests has prompted the state to reconsider its funding system.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
School construction wish list grows in Maine. Only a few will be funded.
Schools in Bath, St. Agatha and Old Orchard Beach topped Maine’s new major construction priority list of 95 projects, while a state commission is studying a better way to fund critical school construction.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Maine’s most expensive state-funded school is being built in Windham. Here’s what’s behind it.
Maine communities are grappling with the hefty cost of replacing or maintaining aging schools, but only a slim fraction get state assistance.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Mills creates committee to study Maine’s school construction funding
The 13-member commission’s study will be the first such review since 1998. ‘It’s time for a new look at how Maine pays for school construction,’ the governor says.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Forecaster, Southern Maine Weeklies, The Forecaster
Scarborough residents weigh in on consolidated primary school
A vote on the topic is expected by the school board on Thursday, Jan. 2.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Portland School Board hires 1 firm to design 3 elementary schools
Superintendent of schools also addresses enrollment shift from Deering High to Portland High.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
South Portland middle school project calls for $12.3 million in local funding
The $71.6 million project would include rooftop solar panels, additional music program space and other features beyond the $59.3 million to be funded by the state.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Approval of Yarmouth elementary, middle school projects expected
The Planning Board will take a final vote Aug. 14, then four school construction projects will go out to bid.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
2 Yarmouth school construction projects get final approvals
Two remaining projects are expected to be OK’d later this month.