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SAD 17 working to keep COVID out of schools
Schools start Christmas and New Year’s holiday break with relatively sustained illness and quarantine rates.
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COVID-19’s Oxford Hills invasion marches on
OXFORD HILLS — Despite being part of Maine Department of Education’s county-wide yellow designation, SAD 17 continues to maintain safe spaces within its schools. As of Dec. 15, the district website lists 12 students or staff having confirmed cases of COVID-19. None of those cases have been detected as spreading within the schools themselves. One […]
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Oxford Hills winter sports will be delayed, restricted
School districts in counties designated moderate risk for COVID-19 cannot practice yet.
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SAD 17 board authorizes $4M emergency loan for payroll
Directors clash over borrowing due to required COVID-19 relief spending.
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COVID-19 turning Oxford County on its head
NORWAY — It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that Oxford Hills is being rocked by the coronavirus. Last Friday state officials changed from the green designation Oxford County has maintained for most of the fall back down to yellow, meaning the Maine Department of Education recommends that schools revert to hybrid […]
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SAD 17 continues battle to keep schools open
Oxford Hills Middle School is the newest hot spot of the virus, but no spread has been established to happen within its buildings.
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Oxford Hills parent expresses concerns about remote learning
PARIS — A parent addressed the School Administrative District 17 board of directors Monday night with concerns about a “lack of consistency in education” for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students who are learning remotely. Kim Bell singled out two teachers — Robert Beneca and Amy White — for jobs well done, but lamented that […]
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Oxford Hills libraries issue call for oral, written, recorded histories of life during COVID-19.
AREA — The West Paris Public Library and the Norway Memorial Library are inviting other libraries and all residents of Oxford Hills to join them in creating the Western Maine Foothills Community Archive, an extension of a statewide digital archiving project sponsored by the Maine State Library. The mission of the project is to build […]
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SAD 17 closes OHCHS, Rowe school; Club Rowe closes
The district has launched an online COVID-19 tracker, updating exposure and infection rates by school.