The joint contribution from seven different families will support a new academic program, digital and computational studies.

Karin Zimba is the Maine winner of the Internet search engine’s annual doodle contest; her sister, at the same school, won in 2014.

Projections show 131 districts could lose money next year, with Portland hit the hardest, leading to calls for the state to increase its education spending.

A committee is floating a proposal to move students out of the building with seventh and eighth grades going to the high school and sixth grade going to the elementary school within the next two years.