A spouse of a staff member tested positive, prompting the school to close and the town to change the voting site to the town office.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Positive test for COVID-19 recorded at Winslow High School
The positive case at Winslow High is the school system’s first, and those with direct contact to the infected person will quarantine until Monday, Nov. 9.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-area schools to continue in-person learning Monday
Forty-seven students and nine staff members from Canaan Elementary School were quarantining at home Friday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 and a student was deemed a probable positive.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
56 students, staff members quarantining after probable positive case of COVID-19 at Canaan Elementary School
Under the direction of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, the two classrooms will be quarantined, with 47 students and nine staff members sent home.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Sanford superintendent says flu vaccine provider failed to check for parents’ signature
Matt Nelson says three students got shots without their parents’ consent because the provider didn’t notice that the permission forms hadn’t been signed or the signature had been crossed out.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Richmond elementary school undergoing contact tracing, preparing for possible remote learning
Contact tracing underway at Marcia Buker Elementary School is unrelated to the Dresden Elementary case reported earlier in the week.
Posted inMorning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Maine Arts Academy students display their talents at outdoor, walk-through recital
Students at the Sidney school for the arts perform for family and friends, despite cold weather Friday morning, during a walk-through recital in what some call a return to normalcy.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Union-initiated vote reveals no confidence in RSU 9 superintendent
Over 90% of participating staff not supportive of Tina Meserve.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Three Maine counties now designated ‘yellow’ in school reopening system
Somerset, Waldo and Washington counties are now designated as “yellow” in the state’s school re-opening advisory system.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Remote housing creates issues for remote learning; causing an interference with school work
Many families in the area are unable to get internet at their houses because of the remote nature of where they live.