BackTo5, a group looking to get children back into the classroom five days a week, hosted a rally outside the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday afternoon, drawing about 100 attendees.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Vassalboro Community School transitioning to classroom learning 5 days per week
Beginning April 8, the Vassalboro Community School’s 395 students will return to in-person learning five days per week. Students learning fully remotely may continue to do so.
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Maine colleges will encourage, not require, students to get vaccinated
Several campuses say they are strongly encouraging their students and staff to get vaccinations but won’t require them as long as the vaccines are authorized only for emergency use by the FDA.
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Locally sourced ingredients focus of new lunch menu at Chelsea-area elementary school
Nutritional Director Michael Flynn said Regional School Unit 12 is looking to add new items to the menu so students can “make connections to where their food is coming from.”
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Skowhegan-based school district moving closer to site selection for new school construction
Though not set in stone, the district is leaning toward the property where the Margaret Chase Smith School currently stands.
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Waterville school panel to review hiring policy in wake of administrative transfer debate
The Waterville Board of Education’s policy committee will meet Thursday to discuss the schools’ administrative hiring policy, after some members objected to Superintendent Eric Haley’s making transfers without receiving approval.
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Colby College receives $1.5 million donation for arts, athletics facilities
The donation by Kate Lucier O’Neil, a 1985 Colby graduate, and her husband, Ford E. O’Neil, will help fund the college’s Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center and the forthcoming Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.
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After a year of pandemic measures, central Maine colleges see lasting change, hope for the fall
Now that the pandemic has forced colleges to adapt, some are seeing an increased number of graduates and shifting student demographics.
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Coronavirus cases increase across University of Maine System
The positivity rate remains below the state average but some students and staff are not participating in weekly COVID-19 testing.
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Beloved Hallowell-area principal rewarded with Maine’s Principal of the Year
Hall-Dale Elementary School Principal Kristie Clark will accept the 2021 Maine Principals’ Association National Distinguished Principal of the Year award virtually on April 29.