Many departments would be consolidated and instructor workloads increased under a strategy to save $6 million amid rising deficits and shrinking enrollment.

Two years after closing a school, the city may need to expand one or two buildings as an influx of immigrants helps to swell enrollments.

Superintendent of Saco Schools Mike Pulsifer says his district is ‘moving forward’ after a long and emotional divorce from RSU 23.

A Maine Sunday Telegram analysis shows that a 5-year-old law overpromised results for some districts, and towns are opting out of the regional systems in search of local control.

Superintendent Tina Meserve says a consolidated school district is working for students of Minot, Mechanic Falls and Poland – and it saves money for taxpayers, too.

Regional School Unit 20 brings together eight communities and 12 schools that do not wish to be united anymore.