Lubec Consolidated School

The current school building opened in the 1970s. In 1997, there were 95 students in the high school level. That year, Diane Graettinger of The Bangor Daily News wrote that "many adults retain a fierce pride in the school, as well as a sense that it is important to the future of the community." The high school program ended in 2010, when it had 37 students. The impetus for the closing was a decline in $579,000 in funding from the government of Maine. First, the school board voted to close the high school, and then residents voted 269 votes for and 230 votes against to close the high school. The closure happened even though a resident started a movement to try to stop the closure. High schools taking Lubec students included Machias High School, Shead High School, and Washington Academy. Joyce Kryszak of the Maine Monitor stated that ending the high school was "controversial". ==Curriculum==

In 1997 the only foreign language offered at the high school was French. That year, the high school had a chemistry laboratory, though it did not in previous eras. The interim superintendent of the school district, Briane Coulthard, stated in 1997 that the high school had prowress in the English language classes and in the hard sciences, with the latter due to the breadth of course offerings. She stated that having strong foreign languages, art, and music programs in the high school division was not a viable proposition as the high school program was too small. ==References==