The board voted to adopt the Maine Principal’s Associations plan for winter sports.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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With increased COVID-19 occurrence rates, central Maine schools modify learning plans
Messalonskee High School, Waterville Alternative School, Upper Kennebec Valley Jr./Sr. High School and Skowhegan- and Newport-based schools shift learning methods as COVID-19 infections worsen.
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Oakland area school district reports 2 COVID-19 cases, exposures over Thanksgiving break
A person associated with Williams Elementary School in Oakland and another person connected with the district tested positive over the weekend, Regional School Unit 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley wrote.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
School outing clubs face obstacles during COVID-19 pandemic
Brunswick-based Teens to Trails has awarded trips to clubs at Cony, Gardiner Area and Maranacook Community High schools, hoping to help students explore the outdoors.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
‘Steep learning curve’: Educators are finding rewards amid the challenges of pandemic teaching
Maine teachers report working as many as 100 hours a week as they navigate the pandemic. Says one Rumford educator: “The sheer amount of it is overwhelming, trying to keep up with everything.”
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
‘Steep learning curve’: Educators are finding rewards amid the challenges of pandemic teaching
Maine teachers report working as many as 100 hours a week as they navigate the pandemic. Says one Rumford educator: “The sheer amount of it is overwhelming, trying to keep up with everything.”
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
After six-month wait, Richmond moving to next step of RSU 2 withdrawal process
If Regional School Unit 2 approves the revised agreement from the town, the next step in the town’s effort to leave the school district would be a review by the Maine Department of Education.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Farmington area school board approves new evaluation system, more district grievances expressed
New administrator evaluation system approved and updates to language acquisition program; winter sports discussed.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Positive COVID-19 cases reported Gardiner middle, two Hallowell-area elementary schools
One cohort at Gardiner Area Middle School has entered fully remote learning, the second time a school in Maine School Administrative District 11 has entered “red” protocols, while contact tracing is underway for a pair of Regional School Unit 2 buildings.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine System, unions settle dispute over retirees’ health insurance
The deal affects about 3,000 retirees, who will now have the option of keeping a group health plan that would have been replaced by a health exchange system.