On Sunday, parents decorated RSU 9 schools with signs of support for staff.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
RSU 9 exploring conflict resolution options regarding superintendent
Staff question Tina Meserve’s leadership.
Maine Arts Academy in Sidney switches to fully remote learning following positive COVID-19 case
Some 250 high school students from nearly 80 Maine communities attend the Maine Arts Academy at the Snow Pond Center for the Arts.
Winthrop, Maranacook schools report positive COVID-19 cases
Winthrop Public Schools reported its first positive COVID-19 case this week while Maranacook Community High School in Readfield reported its second.
Waterville, Farmington colleges continue testing, report cases of COVID-19
Thomas College reported its first positive case since it brought students back to campus in August; University of Maine at Farmington reported one case on Sunday; and Colby has no positive cases in isolation, no students in quarantine and all previous cases have recovered.
University of Maine at Farmington reports a COVID-19 case on Maine’s single-day high
UMF has had a total of six COVID-19 cases since students moved in on Aug. 18.
Erskine Academy reports first COVID-19 case
Erskine Academy Headmaster Michael J. McQuarrie said that the case is isolated and close contacts had already been contacted.
UMaine at Augusta, Farmington partner to offer nursing program
As nurses in central Maine reach retirement age, 3,000 positions are expected to open over the next five years.
Augusta Public Schools announce another possible COVID-19 case; Hussey Elementary to go remote for one more week
The student with the probable positive is quarantining and families have been notified of close contact.
‘It’s like doing two jobs’: Somerset County teachers struggle to meet demands of hybrid learning
As Regional School Unit 74 prepares for discussions on the third phase of its reopening plan, a teacher expresses concerns she and colleagues share, including fatigue and burnout.