Students will have been kept mostly in their rooms for at least 12 days. to fight against ‘relatively large outbreak.’
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Deering High senior wins at state science fair, gets top national scholarship
Linh Nguyen won for her research on finding an inexpensive way to remove arsenic from drinking water systems.
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Student seeking refund for canceled study-abroad program takes case to appeals court
A Harvard College student who was sent home from Europe when the pandemic hit is arguing that she and other students should get refunds from the Portland-based Council on International Education Exchange.
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Son of former Richmond police chief told student with loaded gun to tell the teacher
Tripp MacMaster, 11, said he learned from his father what to do in a situation similar to the incident at Richmond’s Marcia Buker Elementary School on Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine schools to fund summer programs, safe reopenings with federal relief money
School districts must spend at least 20% of their allocations to address learning loss, and some superintendents say they are also looking at summer programming and additional staffing.
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Number of COVID-19 cases at Bates College keeps rising
Bates College has 77 COVID-19 cases among students and two-thirds of its isolation housing is full.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Education Department reviewing campus sexual assault rules
Then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos narrowed the definition of sexual harassment and limited colleges’ authority to investigate claims arising beyond campus.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Richmond police respond to elementary school for student who brought loaded gun to school
Police said the student self reported the gun when bringing it to a staff member, adding everyone was safe and no threats were made in the incident.
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UMaine System encourages students to get vaccinations, with eligibility expanding
Students aren’t required to get vaccinated but the university system is strongly encouraging it because of concerns that younger people are driving up coronavirus cases statewide.
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With COVID-19 cases surging on campus, Bates College extends its lockdown
The Lewiston-based campus hit a new high of 60 active cases among students after it locked down the campus last week.