CUMBERLAND (WGME) -- School officials in Cumberland say students and staff may have been exposed to pertussis better known as whooping cough. The Maine CDC is conducting a whopping cough outbreak investigation at Greely High School due to multiple cases reported, including a new one this week. Pertussis is a...

SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) – South Portland school leaders are asking voters to support three referendum questions that will be on the ballot next week. The costliest referendum would upgrade the high school's athletic fields and track. The referendum calls for a new 8-lane track and new track event space,...

Portland Public Schools recently held ribbon-cuttings to celebrate the completion of the renovation projects at Presumpscot, Longfellow and Reiche elementary schools. In 2017, city voters approved a $64 million “Buildings for Our Future” bond for renovations to Lyseth, Presumpscot, Longfellow and Reiche elementary schools. The renovations to Lyseth were finished in 2021, and a community celebration was held then.

Early in the fourth and final episode of “Citizen Nation,” the PBS “Retro Report” documentary series, Portland high school student Natalie Adamson recalls some early skepticism about studying the U.S. Constitution. She wondered, as she says, why people now should listen to “all those old men...

Across Maine, 7,208 students were classified as multilingual learners by the state Department of Education during the 2023-2024 school year. That's a nearly 28% increase over five years. Portland is home to around 2,000 multilingual learners, said language development director Carlos Gomez. "We are, here in Portland, starting to look...

BIDDEFORD, Maine — On Tuesday, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology to celebrate the new building as well as some upgrades to programming offered to high school students. The $7 million project included expanding the EMT and heating and plumbing programs that...

Oct. 28—WESTBROOK — The students crowded around Apphia Mpay and watched closely as she guided a piece of canvas under the needle of her sewing machine. "Check your tension as you go," she said over the soft whir of the machine. A minute later, she pulled the fabric away from the needle to show how she'd sewn on a zipper before her students returned to their machines to repeat the process on the small tote bags they are learning to sew.

Student absences at local schools have declined slightly over the past year but remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to new data. At a recent school board meeting, Maine School Administrative District 75 Superintendent of Schools Heidi O’Leary presented data on absences at the district’s five elementary schools, middle school and high school. MSAD 75 covers Harpswell, Topsham, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham.