Parents are feeling increasingly weary of the ongoing disruptions to school and child care services caused by COVID-19. Child care providers say the pandemic hasn’t been easy for them, either.
Vanessa Paolella
Sun Journal
Vanessa Paolella is a staff writer at the Sun Journal primarily covering local education. Before joining the Sun Journal in 2021, she interned for the paper twice and led the Bates College student newspaper, The Bates Student. Vanessa graduated from Bates College with a bachelor of science in geology in 2021 and wrote her senior thesis on water quality changes in the Androscoggin River from 1930 to 2019.
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Auburn schools to hold vaccine clinics this week
Parents should return consent forms by Monday.
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RSU 4 threat deemed not credible; school to resume Monday
Law enforcement determined that the threat was made with the purpose of spreading fear, the acting Sabattus police chief said in a letter.
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RSU 4 closes schools Friday due to threat against middle school
The superintendent is urging parents to talk with their children about “what they are seeing on social media and hearing from their friends.”
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RSU 4 School Board considers new policies on student gender, staff political participation
A request by some students to extend the Christmas break by two days was not considered by the board because it came in too late.
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RSU 4 administrators concerned by rising COVID-19 cases
Twenty-five members of the school community have tested positive in the first three days this week alone.
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Confrontation between Oak Hill Middle School students under investigation
Superintendent says that one student was in possession of a weapon, but that “at no time” was there a threat to the school.
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Lewiston schools see surge in COVID-19
Superintendent Jake Langlais reports testing pools show at least 39 positive cases this week.
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Lewiston High School mock trial team misses state title by a vote
Eleven students tie with Cape Elizabeth. Three judges determine winner.
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Lewiston schools cancel bus, van runs due to driver shortage
COVID-19-related absences worsened problems in the district’s student transportation services.