The high school will be fully remote until Jan. 19, but the middle school will continue its hybrid schedule as planned.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Skowhegan Area Middle School changing class schedule, sports rules
Changes to the way cohorts are set up for grades six and seven are changing in the coming weeks to allow students to interact and move around in between classes.
Hallowell-area schools plan to put remaining CARES Act funds into tutoring
Regional School Unit 2 said that they will use their remaining coronavirus relief funds to do so.
Principal at Atwood Primary School has WINing approach
Jennifer McGee has earned praise from her colleagues and others for what she has accomplished, but she still pushes herself to live up to her goal of making her school a happy place where students want to return every day.
Readfield-area school to learn remotely Friday after a possible positive COVID-19 case
Superintendent Jay Charette will update the community Friday with more information.
Mid-Maine Technical Center in Waterville reports case of COVID-19
Close contacts to the person who tested positive include three Waterville Senior High School students.
Carrabec school board to survey teachers about remote learning
Regional School Unit 74 superintendent changes two half-days for students — scheduled for Jan. 27 and March 10 — to full days.
Winthrop shifts some teachers to cover different grades as part of COVID learning plan
With budget problems originally being the issue for not being able to hire more teachers, it’s unclear if an additional $183 million in coronavirus relief for Maine schools will impact or be able to expand the 100-student remote learning cap in Winthrop.
Fairfield-area high school declares COVID-19 outbreak, Skowhegan Middle reports positive case
Lawrence High School in Fairfield has reported five cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the school year while Skowhegan Area Middle School reported a staff member had come down with the disease.
Gardiner-area school board position open after member resigns
Jon Umland, who was in the last year of his term as a member of the Maine School Administrative District 11 school board, resigned his post after he moved from the town in which he’d been elected.