A person with James H. Bean Elementary School in Sidney tested positive, marking the district’s 10th case to date, and RSU 3 announced that close contacts of a Mount View High School person who tested positive have been notified.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
State launches campaign to help students with college admissions process
The On Track for College series will deliver a dozen virtual college counseling and decision-making events for high school students this spring.
Phillips-Sandy reelected Waterville Board chairperson, honored with city’s annual report dedication
The school board on Monday also unanimously reelected Pam Trinward as secretary.
School districts based in Skowhegan, Fairfield and Oakland report positive cases of COVID-19
Quarantining has been imposed in two of the districts and cleaning in another, but schools remain open under their current plans.
Monmouth, Readfield-area school to go remote because of positive COVID-19 cases
Those in grades 2 through 5 will go remote at Monmouth Memorial School and Maranacook Middle School will go remote. Both are set to return Jan. 19.
How are kids talking about the Capitol insurrection in the classroom?
Mt. Ararat and Brunswick high school social studies teachers said students had questions about what motivated the attacks, how it could happen from a security standpoint, and whether things could get worse moving.
Central Maine schools consider options for next round of federal coronavirus relief funding
With the state set to receive more than $183 million for schools from the latest COVID-19 relief package, school officials across central Maine are discussing best uses for the money.
High school seniors are choosing colleges sight unseen
The pandemic has radically changed the way high school seniors apply to colleges, preventing many from physically touring and forcing them to rely on online information and virtual conversations to decide where to spend their next four years.
‘A lot of people are struggling’: Pandemic adds to challenges facing college students
Campuses are responding with emergency relief funds, technology and food distribution as students face hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Unity, Pittsfield-based school districts report COVID-19 cases
Thorndike-based RSU 3 reported a case on Friday, and Pittsfield-based MSAD 53 did Thursday afternoon.