PORTLAND, Maine — Portland city and school officials should not hold out hope for state aid to replace the aging Fred P. Hall School, state Sen. Justin Alfond said Monday.
But there still may be hope to secure funding for more repairs at Longfellow and Presumpscot elementary schools, the Portland Democrat said.
Alfond, speaking before a joint workshop of the City Council and school board, said there’s almost no hope of the Hall School rebuild project receiving funding in the near future through the state’s signature Major Capital Improvement Program. The city’s application to rebuild the facility, described Monday by Mayor Michael Brennan as the Portland school in “the most desperate†condition, finished No. 12 on the list of funding priorities in the program’s most recent cycle.
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