Portland Public Schools (Maine)

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Portland Public Schools is the public school district in Portland, Maine, United States. The district operates 18 primary and secondary schools. It is the largest and most ethnically diverse school district in Maine, with a student body made up of roughly 20% minorities. The district operates expeditionary learning schools, a vocational school, and elementary, middle, and three high schools (Casco Bay High School, Deering High School, and Portland High School). Portland is the only city in Maine to provide a choice of public high school.

Contents 1 List of Schools 1.1 Elementary Schools (K-5) 1.2 Middle Schools (6-8) 1.3 High Schools (9-12) 1.4 School Committee 2 External links 3 References

[edit] List of Schools

Superintendent of Schools: Dr. James Morse

[edit] Elementary Schools (K-5)

• Cliff Island
• Nathan Clifford School (Nathan Clifford School site): the principal is Marysue Morrison. The school is named after American statesman, diplomat and jurist Nathan Clifford (1803 – 1881) who was the 20th United States Attorney General and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The school is located on Falmouth Street in the Oakdale section of Portland, Maine.
• East End Community School
• Hall
• Longfellow
• Lyseth
• Peaks Island
• Presumpscot
• Reiche
• Riverton

[edit] Middle Schools (6-8)

• King Middle School (King Middle School website): the school's principal is Michael McCarthy. It is cited as one of the most racially diverse in the state of Maine: the student body represents seventeen countries and 28 languages. The school teaches from sixth to eighth grade and has sixty teachers.
• Lincoln
• Lyman Moore

King middle school has reported 17 cases of pregnancy in the last 4 years.^[1] Because of this, the school committee voted in October 2007 to make prescription contraceptives available through the school's clinic, creating some controversy.^[2] In addition, since 2000, the school has provided condoms and non-prescription birth control methods for students, after consultation with the student, their guardians, the school nurse, and the school counselors.

[edit] High Schools (9-12)

• Portland
• Deering
• Portland Arts and Technology
• Casco Bay

[edit] School Committee

As of September 2009

• Peter Eglinton, Chair, District 3 (term expires 2010)
• Kathleen Snyder, Finance Committee Chair, At-Large (term expires 2010)
• Robert O'Brien, District 2 (term expires 2009)
• Jaimey Caron, At-Large (term expires 2010)
• Elizabeth Holton, At-Large (term expires 2011)
• Sarah Thompson, Personnel Committee Chair At-Large (term expires 2009)
• Rebecca Minnick, District 1 (term expires 2009)
• Marnie Morrione, Policy Committee Chair District 5 (term expires 2011)
• Justin Costa, District 4 (term expires 2011)

===Student representatives===   

• Simon Thompson, Portland High School
• John Gjika, Deering High School
• Ness Smith-Savedoff, Casco Bay High School

[edit] External links

• Portland Public Schools website

[edit] References

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