Only 50 to 60% of students were verifying that they’d completed the checks, making additional work for school nurses and staff, the district says.
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Mills requires face coverings in public as Maine sets another record with 183 new cases
Face coverings are now required in all public places in Maine, even where physical distancing is possible.
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Ninety-one Portland students, staff in quarantine, as district reports 5th new coronavirus case
Portland Public Schools will post weekly COVID report cards to keep the public updated on cases going forward.
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Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports a positive COVID-19 case
It is the second case reported in Augusta’s district, while cases have been reported in Rangeley schools, Farmington-based RSU 9 and SAD 46/AOS 94.
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Coronavirus, economy topped list of Mainers’ concerns heading into elections
With COVID-19 surging in Maine, the majority of local participants in The Associated Press’s national survey said the virus was ‘not at all under control’ in the U.S. and strongly disapproved of President Trump’s handling of the pandemic.
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Vassalboro Community School to go remote due to COVID-19 case, voting changed to town office
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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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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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.
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Amid surge in new COVID-19 cases, Mills may tighten restrictions
Bars are scheduled to reopen Monday, but the governor says she is considering delaying that and taking other steps, such as tighter limits on indoor gatherings.
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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.