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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Gardiner-area school board lets superintendent decide learning schedule after break
School officials and board members agreed that if administrators were to change the remote learning schedule, it would likely be to remote learning for the middle and high schools, while the elementary schools would stick with a hybrid schedule.
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Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports third positive COVID-19 case in a week
Regional School Unit 2’s Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond is undergoing contact tracing.
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Thomas College allocates $1.5 million from Alfond grant to Jobs for Maine’s Graduates program
The JMG program launched at Thomas in 2014 as a way to help high school students transition into the college environment.
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Benton Elementary School reports another positive case of COVID-19
A fourth case of COVID-19 has been recorded at Benton Elementary School after an outbreak was declared last week.
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Fourteen more UMF students test positive for COVID-19
Across the University of Maine System, 60 students and staff members are currently positive for COVID-19, a decrease of 22 from a week earlier.
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Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland shifts to remote learning after COVID-19 case
Regional School Unit 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley also announced a positive case of the coronavirus at James H. Bean Elementary School in Sidney.
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Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
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Musical family takes Oakland-based RSU 18 chorus international
Choral directors Kevin and Pam Rhein are working with their daughter and son-in-law on a choral collaboration with the Marymount International School in Rome, Italy.
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Augusta’s public schools to begin winter break early, go fully remote until Jan. 19
After a successful trial following Thanksgiving, city schools will use a remote learning model two days before and two weeks after the winter break.