The School Board and Town Council will hold a joint workshop on the latest plan next week.
Cape Elizabeth Schools
Proposed school budget in Cape Elizabeth up 4.7%
The plan, which increases the property tax rate 5%, includes hiring an instructional strategist for math and a second band teacher.
Cape council to vote next week on borrowing for school safety upgrades, school building project planning
The School Committee also estimates the impact on taxpayers of a $100 million school building project.
Omicron, holiday transmission cause COVID spike at area schools
Scarborough High School closes for a week and schools in South Portland and Cape Elizabeth battle with their own case surges.
Outgoing Cape Elizabeth superintendent ‘steady anchor’ during pandemic
Wolfrom is retiring at the end of the school year after spending three years locally and more than 20 years statewide working as an educator and administrator.
School Notebook: Nov. 25
Christmas Card Art Contest Ecomaine awards grants to Maine schools for landfill diversion programs Following America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, ecomaine announced more than $18,500 in funding to 10 recipients of its 2020-21 School Recycling Grants, to help schools implement more efficient recycling programs or add composting. The winners were: • Appletree School, Cape […]
New school year off to a smooth start in Cape Elizabeth
Kids are wearing masks and social distancing, but for one local child and his mother, it’s a good start to the school year.
Cape Elizabeth School Board approves hybrid reopening plan
Members reach the decision Tuesday after addressing concerns about poor ventilation in the town’s three public schools.
Accounting error to help offset school tax rate in Cape Elizabeth
A $300,000 clerical error may help take the sting out of the 2021 budget increase, according to town and school officials.
Local schools stay shuttered until June, virtual learning continues
As the end of the school year approaches, administrators in South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth have all decided to keep students and staff on a virtual schedule for the remainder of the school year, and are now turning to the difficult challenge of end-of-year assessments.