School districts say they will continue to notify parents with students in positive pools
RSU 16
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Back to school in person, with new challenges: Staff members ‘doing above and beyond, but it doesn’t take away how hard it is’
Six local educators reflect on first four months of the 2021-22 school year, some of the toughest school days some say they have faced.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 cancels classes Wednesday
With a winter storm expected, Regional School Unit 16 decided Tuesday to start its winter break early. The three-town district said on a social media post that, “some of our bus drivers wrote Santa a letter, asking for no school” on Dec. 22. “They got their wish! There will be no school” Wednesday, the district […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Fewer students in class Friday after TikTok violence scare
No credible threats were found to area schools.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
School board seats from Minot up for grabs in town election
Paperwork for potential candidates will be available Wednesday and must be completed before Jan. 3.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Faced with a COVID-19 outbreak, Minot school goes remote until after Thanksgiving
Seventeen students and two adults tested positive for the disease and others must quarantine, officials said
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 officials ask for help after staff berated and threatened by people angry at COVID-19 rules
‘Make this level of incivility stop,’ administrators for the Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot school district plead.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, Schools & Education
Faced with growing ire from extremists, school boards searching for federal help
Insisting that requiring masks in school is akin to human trafficking, one woman warns RSU 16 board to stop harming children or face God’s wrath.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
All schools in RSU 16 now require masks
School board members ordered students and staff at the middle and high schools to wear masks starting Wednesday.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
After heated debate, RSU 16 opts to require masks in elementary schools
The three-town school district left it to parents and students in middle and high school to decide whether to wear face coverings.