Executive director Travis Works said Monday that there are now 16 cases within Community Regional Charter School.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Homeless students face hurdles with new learning schedule, school and shelters jump in to help
COVID-19 imposes challenges on homeless students.
COVID-19 reported at Academy Hill School in Wilton
School officials are working with the Maine CDC to ensure that their response to the positive test aligns with the current safety guidelines.
Monmouth Memorial School reports COVID-19 case, first in RSU 2
Regional School Unit 2 joins, RSU 12 and 38, Augusta schools and St. Michael Catholic school as districts with reported positive cases.
After years of contention, Skowhegan-area schools have a new mascot: the River Hawks
Fifteen out of the 20 members present for a district school board meeting Thursday night voted for the River Hawks, after also considering Phoenix and “Skowhegan.”
Portland elementary teacher named Maine Teacher of the Year
Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at the Gerald E. Talbot Community School, received the recognition at an outdoor ceremony Thursday morning.
RSU 16 lays out plans for possible COVID-19 cases
The district would close a school briefly if a student tests positive, longer if there’s an outbreak of at least three cases.
Skowhegan-area schools close after student tests positive for COVID-19
MSAD 54 superintendent said on Wednesday that the district is closing schools for the remainder of the week after members of the school community may have come in contact with people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Alfond’s $240 million gift to UMaine System among largest ever to public higher ed institute
The money from the Harold Alfond Foundation will help transform the University of Southern Maine by providing most of the funding for a new graduate center and law school and access to a multi-university engineering program.
Looming deadline may cause schools to leave pandemic relief unspent
School officials are scrambling to use millions of dollars in COVID-19 aid before Dec. 30.