Some administrators agree the reason for the ban — to be able to identify students better — is no longer valid.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Departures and arrivals: Poland Regional High School graduates
The students, like so many others around the nation and world, finished their high school careers under the strange, often-unpredictable restrictions of a global pandemic.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Auburn school budget vote set for Tuesday
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for all wards.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Voters to decide Tuesday on Poland-based school district budget
School officials say the $24.3 million plan’s local tax impact will wind up even lower if Legislature backs Gov. Janet Mills’ call to increase education aid.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Auburn board approves school reentry plan for fall
Students with “identified, documented” needs or conditions will be allowed to work remotely.
Posted inNation / World, Schools & Education
Court affirms state funds for tuition at religious school in Vermont case
A lawsuit by 3 families in Maine who want the state to pay for religious school tuition was rejected by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston and has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Posted inSchools & Education, Uncategorized
High school graduations are back, and in-person, after a year of difficult lessons
Deering High School’s outdoor ceremony at Memorial Field marks a return to some sense of normalcy.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Schools & Education
Jay students’ Holocaust project hopes to ‘Erase Hate, Write Tolerance’
The goal is to collect six million pencil erasers, one for each person killed.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Augusta Public School Board pursues ‘pool testing’ for reducing pandemic requirements
The Department of Education protocol calls for 30% of a building’s people to be tested for COVID-19 on a regular basis as a way to ease physical distancing requirements.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Maine’s two virtual charter schools see enrollment increase during pandemic
Both schools report strong interest for the fall, but whether it’s temporary because of COVID-19 or becoming more mainstream remains to be seen.