The vaccination clinic was canceled because the partner agency was not willing to operate the clinic after school hours.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Schools & Education
Facing an existential crisis, some colleges do something increasingly rare: Adapt
Schools such as the Maine College of Art & Design are confronting demographic realities that have been shrinking enrollment in higher education for 10 years.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools & Education
Maine eases COVID-19 guidelines for schools to reduce disruptions during omicron surge
The state said Thursday that some exposures to infected people will no longer mean students have to quarantine at home, among other changes.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools & Education
Maine college students and staff face COVID restrictions for spring semester
Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges and the University of New England will require booster shots, and Bates will start the semester with remote learning.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions
Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Hebron Academy drops tuition rate for day students from Oxford, Androscoggin counties
Founded as a coeducational school in 1804, Hebron has a faculty and staff of almost 100 people and supports 260 boarding and day students from grade 6 to postgraduate.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Back to school in person, with new challenges: Staff members ‘doing above and beyond, but it doesn’t take away how hard it is’
Six local educators reflect on first four months of the 2021-22 school year, some of the toughest school days some say they have faced.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News, Schools & Education
Biden administration extends student loan moratorium to May
Interest rates will remain at zero percent and debt collection efforts will be suspended.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 cancels classes Wednesday
With a winter storm expected, Regional School Unit 16 decided Tuesday to start its winter break early. The three-town district said on a social media post that, “some of our bus drivers wrote Santa a letter, asking for no school” on Dec. 22. “They got their wish! There will be no school” Wednesday, the district […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
‘I literally held back the tears’: Lewiston nonprofit hosts holiday party for homeless teens
Sixty-six teens in the Lewiston school district received presents, including clothing, gift cards and a bicycle.