The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
30 Maine school districts join suit against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma
At least 30 Maine school districts have joined a class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma for damages related to the opioid crisis.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Unity College to open environmental professions institute at Pineland Farms
The New Gloucester facility will focus on creating a skilled workforce for careers that are expected to be plentiful in the next few decades, such as solar technicians.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education, Uncategorized
School districts plan to spend additional state funding on tax relief, building projects
The state budget approved this week will fund schools at 55 percent statewide for the first time since voters approved the measure in a ballot question in 2004.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools considering outdoor safety courses
Ideas include swimming lessons and water safety instruction.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Proposed new school in Mexico backed in straw poll
Fourteen people supported a combined elementary/middle school for RSU 10.
Posted inbPlus, River Valley, Schools & Education
Nick Karavas — from math teacher to administrator in Dixfield
Face Time: Karavas was hired in June as the athletic director and assistant principal at RSU 56’s Dirigo High School in Dixfield after a career teaching math.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
UMaine System trustees approve flat tuition for in-state students
Out-of-state students will see a 2.5 percent tuition increase in the $578 million budget approved Friday.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine school choice case
The justices of the top court are deciding whether to hear a case filed by Maine families who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.