Welcome to Scarborough Public Schools! We are excited to have your child join us for Kindergarten. If your child turns 5 on or before October 15, 2019, you are welcome to register them for school beginning February 25th. In order for us to best prepare for the incoming Kindergarten class, please click here and complete a pre-registration form. This will allow us to communicate with you easily and efficiently prior to your child formally entering school in August, 2019. Even if you already have a child in our school system, it is very important that we have information about our NEW student!

I am pleased to report that despite some challenging cold weather and messy storms, the public safety building project remains on schedule and within budget. The ad-hoc committee met again this past week and were able to take their first site walk to see the progress made to date.

The site contractor, RJ Grondin, has a crew dedicated to construction of the subsurface drainage system. This system is essentially an underground pond, located below the employee parking lot, which will collect and process the vast majority of the runoff for the entire site.  In order to minimize the impact to the wetlands, the design of the access road included a retaining wall which is now complete, and that the utility pole that was in the middle of the access road has now been moved so all traffic to and from the site is now entering from Sawyer Road.

The Scarborough Finance Department is pleased to announce to the citizens of Scarborough that the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 is available for on our website.  Once again, Scarborough has received a "clean" opinion from the external firm that audits the Town's information.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is prepared in accordance with the Scarborough Town Charter, State Statutes and accounting principles generally accepted (GAAP) in the United States of America. We encourage all to review the information this annual audit report has to offer.

The Introductory Section includes the Letter of Transmittal, which is a summary of the Town's activity for the 2018 fiscal year as well as short and long term planning goals.

We know many families are beginning to think about their summer plans, and while we would love to get you all of the details now, we are working hard to line everything up to make for a wicked fun summer!

Here are the details we can provide:

o      Summer Camp 2019 will run June 24 through August 15 (subject to change based on school's final end date).

o      The Summer 2019 brochure with basic camp information will be available online at the beginning of March. Printed copies will be available in our office shortly thereafter.

o      Detailed schedule with trips will be available no later than Friday, May 3.

o      Summer day camp registration will begin Tuesday, March 19. This early registration period will be for those who are registering for all 8 weeks of summer camp. This super early registration period (with discounts) will end on April 1 at 4:00 pm. We cannot yet confirm pricing as it is a work in progress.

o      Individual week registration will open up on Tuesday. April 2. This is also the opening date for summer specialty camps.

 

Registration for the 2019-20 before-school and after-school child care programs begin April 9th. Registrations must be completed in person and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis based on school site availability. More info to follow in the next month or so.

The Scarborough Senior Program held a toy drive in the community room at Martin's Point! They spread their love by gathering gifts to share with patients at The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center on Valentine's Day!  

The Scarborough Senior Program held a special Valentine's Day themed dinner Thursday night! Seniors arrived dressed in red and pink accompanied by their loved ones, and close friends. The tables were decorated with yummy chocolate treats, heart shaped balloons and handmade Valentine's made with love by the children at Wentworth School aftercare. The dinner featured a delicious spread of spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread, and fresh salad followed by special homemade Valentine's cookies. The night was filled with love, smiles, and laughter as the seniors danced and sang to songs performed by the one and only Jose Duddy. A great time was had by all! This event was sponsored by our friends at Martin's Point Healthcare.