Editing Harpswell, Maine (section)

==Education==

Public schools in the area are operated by [[Maine School Administrative District 75]]. During the 2010–2011 school year, Harpswell residents voted to close the West Harpswell School, one of the town's two K–5 elementary schools. Beginning in 2011–2012, West Harpswell students were bused to the Harpswell Islands School that saved the town approximately $200,000 a year.<ref>[http://www.pressherald.com/news/Harpswell-votes-to-close-one-of-its-elementary-schools.html Harpswell votes to close one of its elementary schools] ''[[Portland Press Herald]]'', February 1, 2011</ref> In September 2013, [[Harpswell Coastal Academy]], a charter school serving grades 6–12 opened in the old West Harpswell School. There is a private preschool, the Harpswell Nature School, residing within the Elijah Kellogg Church (not religiously affiliated) that was established in 2003 under the name Harpswell Community Nursery School, with four teachers and twenty-four students ages 3–5.