A crowd gathered at the Jefferson High School library last week to hear Principal Toni Hunter (right) and others talk about the school’s transformation into a “middle college” magnet in partnership with Portland Community College. After years of failed attempts to turn the school around, many parents remain skeptical. Portland’s Jefferson High School, which has [...]

Steve Dorris, a Portland caricature artist, draws Savannah Trayhorn, a Reynolds High School senior. Dorris visited the school Dec. 2 as a guest in Bonnie Rulli’s commercial art class. Rulli brings in working artist every term to teach her students about careers in art.Steve Dorris had the typical artist’s life, working at Blockbuster Video while [...]

RIVIERA BEACH — Drivers still wait in lines of traffic and obey police to reach the new Suncoast High School in the mornings. But some residents say the Suncoast traffic is flowing better than it was during the first few hectic days of the school year. And the school district says the traffic jam between [...]

The old Boynton High School has been at the center of political debates through the years. It has been on the verge of being demolished several times in the past decade, and it also has been the subject of 12 studies since 1993, costing the city nearly $300,000 . Despite all of the reports, discussions [...]