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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Over more than two decades, Chelsea physical education teacher’s passion for running has created community tradition
Linda Peterson, a physical education teacher at Chelsea Elementary School, started a school fun run to help students develop a healthy mindset around the activity she has loved since childhood. On Saturday, the community will celebrate the 25th year of the event, which starts at 2 p.m. at the school.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2022
Watch: Windsor Elementary School students leave their mark in the soil after planting a dozen fruit trees
The students' work, with the help of the nonprofit ReTreeUS, is expected to benefit future generations.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2022
With free meals available for all students in Maine, officials say there are still hurdles to offering better food
A recent photo of a school lunch from Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond prompted controversy among parents about the quality of meals the district provides.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2022
Two Augusta area schools find ‘forever chemicals’ in their water supplies
The two schools, Helen A. Thompson School in West Gardiner and Whitefield Elementary School, plan to install filtration systems in the next month.
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PublishedApril 20, 2022
Chelsea-area school district budget proposal, driven by inflation, is ‘one of the biggest increases we have had,’ superintendent says
Like other school districts in the area, Regional School Unit 12's school budget fell victim to inflation.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Some Maine schools to ditch masks, others wait for state guidance
Chelsea, China and Oakland area schools planned to lift the mandatory masking mandate when school resumed after February break.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
Chelsea-area school district to drop mandatory masking following February vacation
Students and staff in Regional School Unit 12 will have the option of wearing a mask after February vacation.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2022
Chelsea-area school district considers 8.35% budget increase, driven largely by proposed state law and COVID-19 pandemic
Superintendent: Bill could require districts to pay full tuition for students they send to technical centers in Maine, and cost smaller districts, such as Regional School Unit 12, about $330,000 a year.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2021
Pool testing at Chelsea school helps keep students in school during surge of COVID-19 cases
Without pool testing, news of the eight cases in the past week would have resulted in 72 individuals of both students and staff members in quarantine. With pool testing, only five students needed to quarantine.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2021
Chelsea-area school board votes to continue discussion around where to send high school students
Approaching nearly 10 years of using Wiscasset High School as the school "of record" for RSU 12's high school-aged students, Superintendent Howie Tuttle asked the board if they would like to continue the relationship.
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