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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Somerville, Rumford-area school districts to split nearly $100,000 USDA grant for food programs
Regional School Unit 12 will use funds to make its locally sourced food programs more sustainable, while Regional School Unit 10 is hoping to strengthen its efforts to bring healthy meals to students.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine panel of experts weighs in on how schools can open safely amid COVID
A pediatrician, a family physician and an elementary school principal at a virtual forum discussed vaccines, mask policies and other factors that will play into opening schools safely this fall.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Mt. Blue schools: Students through grade 8, all unvaccinated through grade 12 to wear masks for new school year
The Board of Directors reviewed plans for the 2021-22 school year, and discussed the district’s difficulty filling open positions.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Longtime Richmond teacher, coach to take on elementary principal role
Troy Kendrick has been hired as principal of Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond, following Tom McKee’s decision to return to teaching.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
With vaccine mandates for students in place, Bates College eyes a return to near normal in the fall
Vaccinated students will no longer need masks and won’t have to stay 6 feet apart anymore as most COVID-19 restrictions are dropped at the Lewiston campus.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Bates College seeks to reduce heated interactions between students and campus security
A new report on campus safety urges more residential life staffers and greater effort to ease tensions between safety officers and students at the Lewiston college.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville Board of Education moves forward with junior high addition for grades 4-5
The board OK’d a $26.1 million school budget while also approving $6.12 million addition to the Waterville Junior High School.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Summer camps build on effort to extend vocational programs to middle schoolers
Career and technical education schools around Maine are piloting programs for middle schools and offering summer camps as part of a statewide effort to engage younger students.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Fire destroys elementary school in Aroostook County
The school in Frenchville, recognized in 2018 as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, is a total loss just weeks before classes are scheduled to start.