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More COVID cases extend RSU 56 school closings to Dec. 3

by Marianne Hutchinson November 25, 2020November 26, 2020

A staff member and a student at separate Dixfield buildings have tested positive.

Maine, News, Schools & Education

UMaine System, unions settle dispute over retirees’ health insurance

by Joe Lawlor November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

The deal affects about 3,000 retirees, who will now have the option of keeping a group health plan that would have been replaced by a health exchange system.

Advertiser Democrat, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen

In-school, at home … where are the students?

by Nicole Carter, Samuel Wheeler, Andrea Swiedom and Pam Harnden November 25, 2020November 28, 2020

Students are getting bounced around between in person, hybrid and remote learning as COVID-19 surges this fall. Four school districts in Oxford and Franklin counties report varying success at engaging students through online classes.

Franklin, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal

RSU 9 school board agenda

November 24, 2020

Regional School District 9 Board of Directors agenda 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2020 ***The school board meeting will be conducted via Zoom which the public can attend by clicking on this link*** The agenda has been amended to change the order of the items – 11/24/20 I. Call to order II. Pledge of allegiance III. […]

Maine, News, Schools & Education

As cases rise, Maine colleges prepare to send students home to finish semester

by Rachel Ohm November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Colleges around Maine will send students home to finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, but only after testing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during travel.

Maine, Schools & Education

‘It’s gotten nasty’: Clash over racial equity work roils Cumberland

by Rachel Ohm November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Six months after SAD 51 issued two racial equity letters, the district continues to see backlash from a resident who has alleged an illegal meeting and hiring.

Lewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education

Two Poland area schools in RSU 16 close temporarily after COVID-19 cases found

by Steve Collins November 22, 2020November 23, 2020

Poland Regional High School and Whittier Middle School shuttered until after Thanksgiving after two cases are diagnosed.

Maine, Schools & Education

Oak Grove School Foundation in Vassalboro looks to survive with innovative idea

by Greg Levinsky November 22, 2020November 22, 2020

To get around the issue of no bathrooms or water for events at the chapel, officials hope to build a caretaker’s cottage to provide those necessities.