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Construction of South Portland middle school slated for the spring
Most of the project s $69 million price tag will be covered by state funding. The new facility will consolidate Memorial and Mahoney middle schools at the Memorial site.
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South Portland’s Memorial Middle School, pictured here, and Mahoney School will be combined into a new middle school where Memorial is now located.
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SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland’s combined middle school project is scheduled to finally break ground later this spring after more than five years in the making.
School Superintendent Ken Kunin said this week that officials expect to get final bids on the $69 million project next month. Construction at the site of the current Memorial Middle School is expected to begin in May or early June.
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