Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $1,000,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for St. George Municipal School Unit’s new Career and Technical Education (CTE) center in Tenants Harbor. Pingree secured the Congressionally-directed funding, along with more than $15.7 million in CPF for 14 other First District projects, in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding package passed by the full House of Representatives today.
“The St. George Career Technical Education/Makerspace Building will bring the trades, technology, and innovation back to the heart of public education and provide Pre-K through 8th-grade students access to hands-on curriculum previously only available to high schoolers. This first-of-its-kind Career and Technical Education center in Maine will not only engage students in learning, but will help them develop important…