BETHEL — Earlier this a week a post was made on the Team Bethel Facebook page about Gould Academy students being responsible for bringing COVID-19 back to Maine. The school released the following statement regarding the Facebook post:

“In these challenging times, there has been growing interest in town in what’s happening at Gould. Although we, like most schools, are transitioning to remote learning for the next few weeks, if not longer. We at Gould feel fortunate that there are no known cases of COVID-19 on campus.  In part, we like to think that is the result of sensible precautions the board and senior administrators have taken since the onset of the outbreak—steps like canceling parents weekend in February, scaling back student travel, closing the campus to outside visitors, and encouraging good health and hygiene practices.

“In part, we like to think that is the result of sensible precautions the board of trustees and senior administrators have taken since the onset of the outbreak—steps like canceling parents weekend in February, scaling back student travel, closing the campus to outside visitors, and encouraging good health and hygiene practices.