Portland Public Schools is the public school district in Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

, United States. The district operates 18 primary and secondary schools. It is the largest and most ethnically diverse school district in Maine, with a student body made up of roughly 20% minorities. The district operates expeditionary learning schools, a vocational school, and elementary, middle, and three high schools (Casco Bay High School

Casco Bay High School

Casco Bay High School is a public Expeditionary Learning school in Portland, Maine, USA. Since the 2005–06 school year, the school has been housed on the site of the Portland Arts and Technology High School on Allen Avenue, in the city's North Deering neighborhood...

, Deering High School

Deering High School

Deering High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district. It is named after the Deering Center neighborhood it serves...

, and Portland High School

Portland High School, Portland, Maine

Portland High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district....

).

Elementary Schools (K-5)

• Cliff Island
• Nathan Clifford (closed)
• East End Community School
• Hall
• Longfellow
• Lyseth
• Ocean Avenue Elementary
• Peaks Island
• Presumpscot
• Howard C. Reiche School
• Riverton

Middle Schools (6-8)

• King Middle School
• Lincoln Middle School
  Lincoln Middle School (Portland, Maine)
  Lincoln Middle School is a middle school in the Deering Center neighborhood of Portland, Maine. The school is located on Stevens Avenue, which has the unusual distinction of having an elementary school, middle school, two high schools, and a college all situated on it. The new principal of the...
  
  
• Lyman Moore

King Middle School has reported 17 cases of pregnancy in the last 7 years. Because of this, the school committee voted in October 2007 to make prescription contraceptives available through the school's clinic, creating some controversy. In addition, since 2000, the school has provided condoms and non-prescription birth control methods for students, after consultation with the student, their guardians, the school nurse, and the school counselors.

King was in the middle of another controversy, albeit regional, in May 2010, when the Maine Republican Party

Maine Republican Party

The Maine Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Maine. It was founded in Strong, Maine on August 7, 1854. The state Chairman is Charles M. Webster....

 was holding its 2010 meetings for the 2010 Maine gubernatorial election

Maine gubernatorial election, 2010

The 2010 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Baldacci was term-limited and unable to seek re-election. Primary elections took place on June 8, 2010...

. Members of the party went through teachers' personal items, and going as far as taking down a sign promoting unions on a teacher's door, and replacing it with a bumper sticker

Bumper sticker

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 that read 'Working People Vote Republican'. They also went through the same teacher's personal items, and said that copies of the United States Constitution

United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States.The first three...

 and Miranda Rights published by the American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...

 were "Anti-American". The Maine Republican Party later apologized.

High Schools (9-12)

• Portland
  Portland High School, Portland, Maine
  Portland High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district....
  
  
• Deering
  Deering High School
  Deering High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district. It is named after the Deering Center neighborhood it serves...
  
  
• Portland Arts and Technology
• Casco Bay
  Casco Bay High School
  Casco Bay High School is a public Expeditionary Learning school in Portland, Maine, USA. Since the 2005–06 school year, the school has been housed on the site of the Portland Arts and Technology High School on Allen Avenue, in the city's North Deering neighborhood...