Maine School Says They're Running Out of Room For Students

We're lucky in Maine to have as many schools as we do considering how sparse a large portion of our population is.

But what happens when a school that was built to handle a certain number of students is suddenly faced with an influx that they aren't large enough to handle? Well, according to an article published by WGME 13, that's exactly what's happening at one Maine school.

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The news station goes on to report that classes at Lewiston Schools are becoming too big to handle due to an increase in the number of students enrolling in public schools in Androscoggin County.

WGME says that aside from Lewiston Public Schools, Portland is the only district in the state of Maine that has a larger student body. Superintendent of Lewiston Schools, Jake Langlais, told reporters that right now about 6,000 students attend in the district. That's an increase of 1,000 students in just the last year alone.

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School officials say that they hope enrollment slows or classes at Lewiston Schools are going to be too full for students and staff. Lewiston's Mayor, Carl Sheline, says this is actually a goo thing.

Sheline went on to say in part,

“This is really a good problem to have. I think it’s lost on people that Lewiston is the second largest city in Maine. People are moving here, they’re looking for jobs. We’re happy to have them.”

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Lewiston Schools recently acquired a new building and, coming up on April 28th, the committee hopes to have a vote which will allow them to begin moving into the new space.