The Regional School Unit 9 superintendent is authorized to reinstitute universal masking in individual schools upon recommendation from the Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
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Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
Masks now optional in Oxford Hills School District
School Administrative District 17 directors vote unanimously for immediate change.
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Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
RSU 9 superintendent says he will recommend removal of masking mandate
Superintendent Chris Elkington says his decision is based on updated guidance from the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention and the state Department of Education.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 likely to drop mask mandate this month
School board will consider soon whether to make face coverings optional starting March 15
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
School mask mandates are going away in other states. Will Maine follow suit?
As some look forward to an end of mask mandates in Maine schools, hospital patient counts remain high and the state says more federal help is coming.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Schools & Education
Owls Head man arrested for refusing to wear mask or leave high school
The staff at Oceanside High School, and later police, told the man to wear a mask or leave the school in Rockland.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Anti-mask mandate group says it will protest outside central Maine school board members’ homes
Nick Blanchard, founder of Maine Patriots With Attitude, wouldn’t say when or where these would take place.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
MSAD 52 keeps universal masking policy in place against parent pressure
The board adopted its policy to wear masks on buses and in schools in Turner, Leeds and Greene in August and opted to keep that policy in place Thursday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Auburn School District implements universal masking
The rise in cases in schools reflects an increase in cases in the larger community.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Auburn father threatens to sue School Committee over mask policy
John Stark said his 7-year-old son is being abused because of the masking policy.