If your child attends Saco Middle School, please complete the Work Permit Form. The signed form along with the child's birth certificate or valid passport can be emailed to Jen Partridge at jpartridge@sacoschools.org. To avoid delays, please make sure that the form is filled out completely prior to emailing.  Once the permit is received, grades and attendance will be verified and the permit will then be uploaded to the Department of Labor website. The Department will review the permit and either approve or deny it. The permit will then be emailed to the email address listed on the permit.

Permits can take anywhere between a few days to a few weeks to process through the State. Once received back from the State, the permit will be emailed to the email address provided on the permit.

Permits are issued per student per job. If your child gets a new job and leaves their previous employer, please let us know so we can alert the state to cancel the existing permit. 

If your child attends Thornton Academy, parents must fill out the work permit after your child has the promise of a job. Fill out everything on the work permit form except for the “signature of Issuing Officer and School District.” You may mail this to Mrs. Maryann Martin or make an appointment to drop it off. TA will mail the finished form to the state and will contact you when it is approved and returned.

Thornton Academy
℅ Mary Ann Martin
438 Main St
Saco, ME 04072

Contact Mary Ann Martin in the School Counseling Office at maryann.martin@thorntonacademy.org or 282-3362 x4454 if you need additional assistance.