Portland Schools

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).

List of Schools

Superintendent of Schools: Jeanne Whynot-Vickers

Elementary Schools (K-5)

* Adams
* Cliff Island
* Nathan Clifford School ( [http://clifford.portlandschools.org/ Nathan Clifford School site] ): the current principal is Marysue Morrison, and the assistant principal is David Turner. The school is named after American statesman, diplomat and jurist Nathan Clifford (August 18, 1803–July 25, 1881) who is best known for being 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

Middle Schools (6-8)

* King Middle School ( [http://king.portlandschools.org/ King Middle School website] ): the school's current 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. [ [http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=93826 Firstcoastnews.com | Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Brunswick | Middle School Can Now Hand Out Birth Control To Girls ] ] Because of this, the school committee voted in October 2007 to make prescription contraceptives available through the school's clinic, creating some controversy. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/us/21portland.html?em&ex=1193112000&en=578ad4cb4adf6179&ei=5087%0A Not All Are Pleased at Plan to Offer Birth Control at Maine Middle School - New York Times ] ] In addition, the school has, since 2000, provided condoms and non-prescription birth control methods for students.

High Schools (9-12)

* Portland
* Deering
* Portland Arts and Technology
* Casco Bay

chool Committee

As of May 2007

* John Coyne, Chair, District 5 (term expires 2008)
* Peter Eglinton, Finance Committee Chair, District 3 (term expires 2010)
* Robert O'Brien, Policy Committee Chair, District 2 (term expires 2009)
* Lori Gramlich, Legislative Affairs Committee Chair, District 4 (term expires 2008)
* Susan Hopkins, At-Large (term expires 2008)
* Sarah Thompson, At-Large (term expires 2009)
* Rebecca Minnick, District 1 (term expires 2009)
* Kathleen Snyder, At-Large (term expires 2010)
* Jaimey Caron, At-Large (term expires 2010)

tudent Representatives

* Maureen Quinn, Deering High School
* Anthony Toppi, Portland High School
* Bennet Gross, Casco Bay High School

External links

* [http://www.portlandschools.org/ Portland Public Schools website]

References