The 132 students at Kaler Elementary will be split between the four remaining elementary schools for the 2026-27 school year.
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Amid budget cuts, South Portland school board approves $12K payment for assistant superintendent
The school board voted to close an elementary school and cut nearly 80 positions earlier this year to shave about $8.4 million from its budget to keep the tax increase to 6%.
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South Portland delays elementary school reconfiguration
The school board votes to extend by a year the timeline for the district to implement a reconfiguration plan while a committee works on a new one.
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South Portland schools may delay elementary school reconfiguration
The School Board may vote in 2 weeks on whether to delay the process.
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South Portland voters could decide whether to close Kaler Elementary
A petition was taken out to save the school by putting the question to voters.
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Vice chair of South Portland School Board resigns
Adrian Dowling steps down days after recall papers were taken out against him and board Chair Rosemarie De Angelis.
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South Portland will close Kaler Elementary
The South Portland School Board voted to reconfigure the remaining elementary schools by grade level bands.
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South Portland’s Skillin Elementary School unlikely to be considered for closure
A majority of school board members said they would not shutter the city’s most diverse elementary school, even if it would save the most money, in their quest to trim more than $7 million from the proposed budget.
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Meet South Portland’s new school board chair
Rosemarie De Angelis plans to prioritize equity, compromise.
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South Portland teachers started the school year without a contract
The school district and the South Portland Teachers Association entered a fact-finding process last week after mediation stalled. Negotiations are ongoing.