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South Portland breaks ground on new middle school
Construction has started on the state-funded school, which is expected to be completed in 2023.
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Future students of the new middle school in South Portland from Skillin Elementary School at the groundbreaking ceremony on June 3. They are accompanied by Michael Johanning, architect for WBRC. The school is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.
Catherine Bart photo
SOUTH PORTLAND After 15 years of organizing and planning, construction on the new South Portland middle school has begun, with Skillin Elementary students, future attendees, breaking ground on June 3.
Construction of the $69.3 million school is underway behind Memorial Middle School on Wescott Street. Groundbreaking ceremony attendees were standing on what would be the new school’s cafeteria, said Superintendent Ken Kunin.
Usually, the workshops of Girls at Work echo with power drills and laughter all music to the ears of Elaine Hamel, who founded the nonprofit 21 years ago. Her goal then and now is to empower young girls by teaching them to how to build.And 2020 was.
Harvey Construction will build new middle school in South Portland
The project, combining two middle schools, is expected for completion in 2023.
Courtesy WBRC Architects-Engineers
SOUTH PORTLAND The board of education approved a $55.9 million contract with a New Hampshire construction company for completion of a new South Portland middle school building. The approval was announced April 1.
Harvey Construction of Bedford, New Hampshire, was the sole bidder for the project, said Superintendent Ken Kunin. The state of Maine will provide $48 million of the $55.9 million, a little over 87 percent of costs, leaving $7 million for the local side, which about 70 percent of South Portland voters approved in a 2019 referendum.
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