While seeing the signs of mental health distress can be challenging, a Pittston mother and NAMI Maine representative have seen the need for community support to help students navigate their hard times.
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Central Maine teachers await answers on their COVID-19 vaccinations
Officials with the Maine Department of Education have said they did not know when teachers will receive the vaccine.
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Augusta, Monmouth and Gardiner-area schools report positive COVID-19 cases.
Maine State Administrative District 11 is experiencing staff shortages, as well, from the positive COVID-19 cases that the district has reported in the past week.
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Gardiner-, Readfield-area schools report positive COVID-19 cases
Maine School Administrative District 11 schools will continue with hybrid learning, while Maranacook Community High School will utilize remote learning through Tuesday.
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Gardiner-area school board member disagrees with in-person learning transition plan
The Maine School Administrative District 11 school board gave Superintendent Pat Hopkins authority to decide when students could return to school, but Elissa Tracey now says she’s concerned about the plan for some to return as early as Feb. 1.
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Gardiner City Council selects McGough for interim position on MSAD 11 board
The Maine School Administrative District 11 board of directors had an empty seat after Jon Umland resigned at the beginning of the year because he had moved out of Gardiner.
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School in Richmond to go remote because of staffing limitations; schools call for more subs
Marcia Buker Elementary School switched to remote learning because nine teachers had to quarantine and not enough substitutes were available for in-person education.
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Gardiner-area schools report 2 COVID-19 cases
The Gardiner Area High School boys basketball team was also impacted, along with the Mt. Ararat boys basketball team.
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Gardiner-area school board position open after member resigns
Jon Umland, who was in the last year of his term as a member of the Maine School Administrative District 11 school board, resigned his post after he moved from the town in which he’d been elected.
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For some central Maine students with special learning services, remote learning doesn’t work
School districts are learning many special service programs are unable to be replicated on a remote level — leaving some students facing a regression in their learning.