The word comes as many states – particularly in the Sunbelt – struggle to cope with the surge of COVID-19 cases and governments worldwide try to control fresh outbreaks.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Thomas College in Waterville moves certain graduate programs fully online
Onset of pandemic and having to offer courses 100% online enabled the college to more quickly migrate its graduate courses and have them approved.
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Mills administration issues guidelines for reopening schools, leaves decisions to districts
The framework includes a color-coded system for designating COVID-19 risk level by county, and outlines safety requirements – including mask wearing – that all schools are expected to meet.
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Skowhegan-area school board looks at plans for returning students to classrooms
Although no decisions are set in stone until the state provides guidance, the district is exploring the possibility of returning students to the classroom and the board received an update on choosing a mascot.
Posted inElections, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Morning Sentinel area decides: Election results for Town Meetings, school budgets, select boards
Voters dealt with town and school budgets, decided who would be running for state office in a couple of contests, and put their trust in people who were elected to school boards and selectmen’s panels.
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Winslow School District forms committee to plan for school year amid pandemic
The Winslow Public School District has formed a committee that will meet every week to decide how to instruct students in the new school year once they receive information on how to do that safely from the state.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Trump administration backs off plan to send foreign students home if schools go online
Bowdoin College was among many schools whose international students would have had to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall.
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Virus spread, not politics should guide schools, doctors say
Health experts say there are too many uncertainties and variables for back-to-school to be back-to-normal.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
UNE’s return-to-campus plan includes hybrid learning
The plan also calls for a 4-tiered COVID-19 testing program and a requirement for all undergraduates to bring proof of a recent negative test to return to campus.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices
Places that pose high risk of exposing people to the coronavirus may need to stay closed, if children are to get back to school safely.