Only 50 to 60% of students were verifying that they’d completed the checks, making additional work for school nurses and staff, the district says.
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Ninety-one Portland students, staff in quarantine, as district reports 5th new coronavirus case
Portland Public Schools will post weekly COVID report cards to keep the public updated on cases going forward.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, Schools and Education
Woman’s death linked to COVID-19 outbreak at Farmington nursing home
A Lewiston nursing home and three area school systems also have cases or exposures to the virus.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports a positive COVID-19 case
It is the second case reported in Augusta’s district, while cases have been reported in Rangeley schools, Farmington-based RSU 9 and SAD 46/AOS 94.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner, Hallowell-area schools report COVID-19 cases
Officials in Maine School Administrative District 11 reported Sunday night that people associated with Gardiner Middle School, Laura E. Richards School and Helen Thompson School had tested positive for COVID-19, a week after multiple positive cases were reported at Gardiner Area High School.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Vassalboro Community School to go remote due to COVID-19 case, voting changed to town office
A spouse of a staff member tested positive, prompting the school to close and the town to change the voting site to the town office.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Positive test for COVID-19 recorded at Winslow High School
The positive case at Winslow High is the school system’s first, and those with direct contact to the infected person will quarantine until Monday, Nov. 9.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-area schools to continue in-person learning Monday
Forty-seven students and nine staff members from Canaan Elementary School were quarantining at home Friday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 and a student was deemed a probable positive.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
56 students, staff members quarantining after probable positive case of COVID-19 at Canaan Elementary School
Under the direction of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, the two classrooms will be quarantined, with 47 students and nine staff members sent home.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Sanford superintendent says flu vaccine provider failed to check for parents’ signature
Matt Nelson says three students got shots without their parents’ consent because the provider didn’t notice that the permission forms hadn’t been signed or the signature had been crossed out.