177 ex-employees are eligible for retraining at two area community colleges.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Somerset tech center creates welding program at Madison Area Memorial High School
Money continues to be raised to fund the program that offers opportunities to students, adults pursuing education and local business people.
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Remote learning is changing snow days for some Maine school districts
Some school districts are considering remote learning days instead of traditional snow days as the pandemic makes learning from home more common and accessible.
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Central Maine school districts report more cases of COVID-19
Superintendents for Regional School Unit 19, Maine School Administrative District 49 and Winslow Public Schools announced new cases of COVID-19 in their districts this week.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
For some central Maine students with special learning services, remote learning doesn’t work
School districts are learning many special service programs are unable to be replicated on a remote level — leaving some students facing a regression in their learning.
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Gardiner-area middle, high schools set for week of fully remote learning after holiday break
The two Maine School Administrative District 11 schools will resume the current hybrid-learning model Jan. 11, while elementary school students return Jan. 4.
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Fourth Lewiston school reports COVID-19 outbreak
Sites with three or more COVID-19 cases within 14 days are considered outbreaks by the Maine Center for Disease Control.
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Gardiner-area school board lets superintendent decide learning schedule after break
School officials and board members agreed that if administrators were to change the remote learning schedule, it would likely be to remote learning for the middle and high schools, while the elementary schools would stick with a hybrid schedule.
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Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports third positive COVID-19 case in a week
Regional School Unit 2’s Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond is undergoing contact tracing.
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Thomas College allocates $1.5 million from Alfond grant to Jobs for Maine’s Graduates program
The JMG program launched at Thomas in 2014 as a way to help high school students transition into the college environment.