The class of 2020 still awaits commencement plans from the University of Maine at Farmington but some are ready to let go of a ceremony altogether.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Skowhegan students have 9 options for new school mascot
The Support Services Committee met Thursday to discuss their ideas for mascot names, finishing the list with a total of nine suggestions.
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In shift, Trump says some schools may need to delay opening
Even as he tempered his position, Trump insisted that schools should be ‘actively making preparations to open.’
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools and Education
Bates College may house some students in area hotels
Lewiston college is scrambling to get ready for students’ return in a month to a transformed campus.
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First subcommittee meets to discuss Skowhegan area school mascot
The Education Policy and Program Committee convened on Tuesday evening to discuss their ideas for mascot names, with the next subcommittee meeting on Thursday to do the same.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Poll finds very few Americans want to see full school reopenings
The findings are a sharp contrast to the picture that President Donald Trump paints as he pressures schools to reopen.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Schools and Education
With master’s students back in class, MECA already in first phase of reopening campus
The art school in downtown Portland plans to bring back all 500 of its students by September.
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Winslow continues to plan for school year — despite lack of information from state
The Winslow School District’s back-to-school committee is trying to plan for the upcoming school year, but is unable to make significant progress as it awaits greater guidance from the state.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Maine teachers worry what a return to school will look like
Amid a nationwide debate over how and when to reopen schools, Maine teachers and staff have concerns about health and safety, how to enforce mask-wearing and what to do if their own children’s schedules don’t align with theirs.
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Superintendents welcome guidelines, see parents’ support as key to reopening
Three administrators in southern Maine say the state’s blueprint will inform how schools approach reopening in the fall.