Although school meals are free to all students, the form is used to collect data that results in federal funding to public schools.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Music industry weighs vaccine mandates, but politics collide
In Florida and Texas, for instance, governors issue bans on vaccine passports.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Without masking, 100,000 more COVID deaths forecast by December in U.S.
Health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Video: Billions in pandemic school aid have few strings
As the federal government releases pandemic aid to the nation’s schools, it’s urging them to invest in seismic changes. But many districts say they have more urgent problems to tackle first.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Many Maine schools use pandemic aid to boost air quality
Maine schools are using a one-time windfall in federal relief to add positions, buses, improving ventilation and technology
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Hospital leaders plead with Mainers to get shots, as beds fill up with unvaccinated patients
Maine reported 390 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and 133 people hospitalized, the highest numbers since early May.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Losing patience with Maine’s COVID surge
Even the usually reassuring Dr. Nirav Shah is telling us that things are bad and are going to get worse.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Masking will be ‘strongly encouraged’ for the unvaccinated in Readfield-area schools
Masking will be a decision left for parents to make for their students, but Regional School Unit 38 will participate in pool testing to avoid long periods of quarantine for close contacts.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine to distribute municipal COVID-19 relief funding soon
The Mills administration says the state has already received $59.6 million of more than $119 million in federal aid it is making available to counties, cities and towns.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Delta Air Lines will make unvaccinated employees pay surcharge for health insurance
The airline says it also will stop extending pay protection to unvaccinated workers who contract COVID-19, and will require unvaccinated workers to be tested weekly.