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Teachers and families brace for a very different start to school year

by Rachel Ohm September 8, 2020September 7, 2020

Students in many schools will start returning to classrooms this week, though some districts are reporting significant numbers of students opting to stay remote.

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Waterboro-based district delays start of school year

by Gillian Graham September 7, 2020September 7, 2020

Superintendent Larry Malone also announced Monday that a person associated with the transportation department tested positive for COVID-19.

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Colleges using COVID dorms, quarantines to keep virus at bay

by PAT EATON-ROBB and JEFF AMY Associated Press September 5, 2020September 5, 2020

With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find places to isolate the thousands of students who have caught COVID-19 or been exposed to it.

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Augusta delays start of school year for elementary students

by Emily Duggan September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

The Augusta school board voted Wednesday night to bump the start date by two days, to Sept. 10, for its youngest students.

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Pandemic learning pods are growing in popularity

by Hannah Natanson The Washington Post September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

School officials worried that teachers will leave their classroom jobs, are sending emails claiming that pods pose just as much of a health risk as returning to the classroom.

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Carrabec schools delay reopening after student tests positive for COVID-19

by Taylor Abbott September 1, 2020September 2, 2020

Superintendent Mike Tracy said in a memo to families on Monday evening that all schools will close for a week to students after receiving word that a student in the community tested positive for coronavirus.

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Lawsuit seeking refund for interrupted study abroad program is dismissed

by Edward D. Murphy September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

A federal judge said the operators of the program, based in Portland, were within their rights to cancel the program due to the coronavirus

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To go or not to go: Colby students take different paths to Waterville college

by Greg Levinsky August 31, 2020August 31, 2020

While older brother Logan Morrione is back after an abrupt departure in March, freshman Max Morrione chose to herd cattle in New Mexico and hope for a traditional freshman experience next year.