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The increase is due in large part to an accounting error in this year's municipal budget that resulted in a $4 million shortfall.

South Portland Schools search for new DEI coordinator

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, called for investigation after a Muslim educator in Maine received a racist email that threatened him and his family.

South Portland school officials say Mohammed Albehadli has become concerned for his safety and the safety of his family.

South Portland Superintendent Tim Matheney announced Mohammed Albehadli's departure Thursday in a letter to South Portland families.

There is a process underway to potentially reconfigure the way elementary schools are structured and used in South Portland. The effort has been led by Superintendent Tim Matheney with the creation of a Boundaries and Configurations Steering Committee in early 2023. The steering committee meetings are open to the public and a schedule of those, […]

The South Portland 17-year-old appeared in Cumberland County Juvenile Court Thursday on several high level charges, including arson and solicitation for murder.

After a student was arrested in April and accused of threatening the school, a lockdown last month reignited some teachers' frustration with how little they know about his arrest.

South Portland Superintendent Tim Matheney said the incident “had absolutely no connection to the SPHS student who is currently facing criminal charges.”

District Court Judge Peter Darvin did restrict the types of information prosecutors can publicly share in the case against Tristan Hamilton, 17, who is charged with trying to convince another person to kill students, faculty and staff at South Portland High School.