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Maine High Schools Feature Hillary Clinton on Wall of Honor

Both schools keep the Clinton connection low.

Maine East and Maine South high schools in Park Ridge have decided to lay low on their connection to Hillary Clinton. The Democratic Presidential Nominee is featured on the "Wall of Honor" at both schools.

The installations, located at both Maine South near the front entrance on Dee Road and also at Maine East near the northeast corner of the building, honors former students who have gone onto impactful careers post-graduation.

The high schools plan on keeping their connection to Clinton low-key until after the election, according to Journal & Topics.

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Clinton attended Maine East and graduated from Maine South in 1965 and was one of the first three inductees to the Maine South Wall in 2013.

Other inductees include Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Patricia Callahan from the Class of 1989, climate scientist Nathan Hultman from the class of 1992, and Ray Ozzie, Microsoft chief software architect and founder of the Safecast Collaboration.

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Director of Communications David Beery told Journal & Topics, “There hasn’t been much discussion at this point,” of other ways to celebrate the current achievements of Hillary Clinton.

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