Of Thomas College’s 238 graduates in the Class of 2020, 88% are employed despite a changing job market.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Thomas, Colby colleges planning in-person 2021 commencement ceremonies
Thomas College’s commencement is scheduled for May 14-15, while Colby’s is planned for May 22-23.
Lack of central Maine bus drivers adds obstacle to getting students back to school full-time
School officials have said a lack of drivers will impact getting students back to school in person, five days a week, and it’s an issue statewide.
105 students, staff impacted at Skowhegan Area High School after additional COVID-19 case
The high school shifted to remote learning on Friday and the administration is looking for ways to staff the building in order to resume hybrid learning on Monday.
Maine teachers use lessons learned during pandemic to reimagine education
A federal grant is providing a venue for hundreds of educators to take courses on innovation and pilot design with the chance to get funding for remote learning projects in their schools.
A decade after its approval, an accessible trail will be paved between two Augusta schools
The project will pave and make other improvements to a shortcut through the woods between Cony and Farrington schools.
Hallowell-area school district cuts spending in its budget, but city official says it’s not enough
Regional School Unit 2 was able to trim its budget by nearly $100,000, but towns are still seeing a steep increase in their local shares.
Bates extends lockdown 2 more days to stop COVID-19 spread
Students will have been kept mostly in their rooms for at least 12 days. to fight against ‘relatively large outbreak.’
Skowhegan High’s speech club wins states while 3 Waterville High students will compete in nationals
Skowhegan team goes undefeated, while Waterville team, revived in 2017 through a donation honoring donor’s brother, will send three underclassmen virtually to the national competition in June.
Augusta school board opts to keep hybrid-learning model for rest of the school year
After studying what it would take to return students to in-person learning five days a week, Augusta officials decided it ‘wasn’t feasible’ to change the schedule for the last 40 days of the school year.