Mary Paine is now the top administrator at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
COVID-19 quarantines disrupt return to school, with remote options limited
Maine school districts are scrambling all over again to set up technology, remote learning and pooled testing as kids are forced back home.
Flag display helps teach Margaret Chase Smith School students deeper lesson of 9/11
Students at Skowhegan school placed 2,977 flags in the schoolyard.
Carrabec High School goes remote over COVID-19 outbreak a week after officials declined to require masks
The school board decided last week to resume school with a mask-optional policy and remain in-person “until the Maine CDC steps in.”
Harvard University will divest itself from fossil fuels
Harvard has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire investment portfolio by 2050.
After nearly 20 COVID-19 cases in first week, Augusta schools prepared to move to remote learning if needed
Though not on the table yet, remote learning was discussed at Wednesday night’s Augusta school board meeting in case the district’s COVID-19 cases increase.
Bates College beefs up defenses to combat COVID-19
The Lewiston campus adds more testing, extends masking requirement as it aims to keep its semester on track.
Parents come to the rescue during bus driver shortage in RSU 4
Schools in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales will be in session, and parent groups are organizing to help with transportation.
Days after classes begin, COVID-19 cases reported at schools in central Maine
Because of the universal mask mandate at the elementary schools, close contacts who have been identified need not quarantine if they do not show symptoms of the virus, according to officials.
Historic bell rings again for Colby College’s 204th convocation in Waterville
The bell was forged by Paul Revere’s foundry and has played a rich part in the Waterville college’s history, at least until it was damaged more than a decade ago.