Bowdoin College President Clayton Rose stated that the college will revisit the requirement and hopes to lift it for vaccinated individuals.
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Judge hears power struggle over masking in Florida schools
At least seven school districts representing more than 1 million Florida students were defying the governor’s order and others have scheduled votes soon on the issue.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Local high schoolers receive national certifications for firefighting
Newly certified junior firefighters in Farmingdale and Monmouth, 16 and 17 years old, have already earned their place on those towns’ fire crews.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Maine kindergarten vaccination rate rises
Fewer parents sought religious and philosophical exemptions last year, and a new law that takes effect this year that bans all but medical exemptions.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Teacher vaccination mandates enacted in some states, but not in the works in Maine
Superintendents and teachers union representatives in several Maine districts said they aren’t discussing vaccination mandates and many believe the staff vaccination rate is high enough to make mandates unnecessary.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area school district mandates masks, creates COVID-19 response committee
More than 300 people tuned in to the school board’s livestreamed meeting Thursday night, and the meeting was moved to the Little Theater at Gardiner Area High School in response to the large in-person crowd.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Schools and Education
School-based health center to open at Lawrence High School after yearslong effort
The center, slated to open this fall, aims to give students better, faster health care options that should minimize the amount of class time they miss due to illness or injury.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Winthrop schools to mandate masks indoors and participate in pool testing
Updated return-to-school plan includes five days of in-person learning per week, with no remote option, 3 feet of physical distancing between students and assigned seating on buses and at cafeterias.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Oakland-based RSU 18 adopts mask requirements in schools after some parents shout concerns
School district adopts policy Wednesday night as superintendent says practices could be reevaluated at every board meeting, as COVID-19 pandemic conditions change.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Schools and Education
U.S. to erase student loan debt for those with severe disabilities
The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt and marks the start of a broader overhaul of a program that has been criticized for having overly burdensome rules.