The disruptions – and the risk that youngsters will fall further behind academically – have been unsettling for parents and educators alike.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Percentage of vaccinated school staff varies widely across Maine: See your school’s vaccination rate
An average of 76% of school employees in Maine are vaccinated, but individual schools vary widely, new state data shows.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Madison schools abruptly go remote amid COVID-19 outbreaks in Somerset County
Madison-based Maine School Administrative District 59, which was not requiring its students or staff to wear masks inside school buildings, is now offering remote learning to its 560 students.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Most Maine school districts have yet to start pooled testing for COVID-19
Some districts that have yet to launch pooled testing say they expected a lag between the start of school and the start of testing to allow time to set up and solicit permission from parents.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Schools and Education
School vaccine campaigns targeting students face blowback
Across the U.S., family politics and pressure from Republicans come into play as vaccine-hesitant parents are struggling with vaccine-seeking teenagers set on getting their shots.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine CDC investigates after Bowdoin College reports 43 COVID-19 cases
The cases come after students returned for the fall semester.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine gets approval, more funds for COVID-19 relief in schools
The U.S. Department of Education is releasing the last $137 million of American Rescue Plan funds for Maine schools following approval of a state plan for spending the money.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Hallowell-area school district assistant superintendent now a principal
Mary Paine is now the top administrator at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inMorning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
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.