Auburn Superintendent Connie Brown said Tuesday that it was possible other students and staff were exposed to the virus.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
NYC elementary schools reopen in big back-to-school test
Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville Board of Education updated on COVID-19 relief fund projects, hybrid instruction
Superintendent Eric Haley said $1.9 million from the second round of federal COVID-19 relief funding must be spent before Dec. 31, or the schools will lose it.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Maranacook Community Middle School student has a ‘probable positive’ test for COVID-19
Officials: The Readfield school will use fully remote learning until Oct. 13.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
U.S. to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools
Monday’s announcement comes as confirmed new COVID-19 cases remain elevated at more than 40,000 per day.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine will remove name of eugenics advocate from academic building
A task force has recommended the board of trustees consider various options for renaming the building on the Orono campus, possibly for a person of Wabanaki descent.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
The eyes don’t have it: Masks upset classroom communication
Some schools have ordered face shields or masks with clear panels so students can see teachers’ mouths, while others have set up plexiglass bubbles.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Winthrop YMCA helps Monmouth start Kid Zone
Schools that are receiving coronavirus relief funding to establish a child care option for students are looking to Lonney Steeves’ model at the Winthrop Y.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
CDC’s Shah gives UMaine at Augusta convocation address
The director of the Maine Center for Disease Control encouraged UMA students to think critically during the annual convocation event, this year appropriately themed “outbreak.”
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Lewiston 7th-grader tests positive for coronavirus
A Lewiston elementary student was deemed to have the infection earlier this week.