In a letter to families, Superintendent John Suttie said some staff and students may have been exposed.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Students enter ‘uncharted territory’ of learning at home
With the coronavirus forcing most schools in Maine to close, educators have been scrambling to come up with plans for home-based classwork.
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With classrooms closed, Maine schools work to get meals to students in need
Several districts have started programs for students to pick up meals they would normally get at school.
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Americans brace for new life of no school and growing dread
Tens of millions of students nationwide have been sent home from school amid a wave of closings, leaving parents scrambling.
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Portland schools cancel SATs with little notice
School officials postponed Saturday morning’s tests in response to the coronavirus, and it was an ‘oversight’ parents and kids weren’t informed through the test administrator’s website, the Portland High School principal says.
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Mass closures of Maine schools in response to coronavirus
Schools across southern Maine, including Portland, and in Bangor will close starting this week as officials try to slow the spread of the virus and respiratory disease it causes.
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As other states shut schools, Maine educators prepare for prospect of remote learning
While several districts announce 1-day closures, the Wells-Ogunquit and Mount Desert Island districts are closing for 1 week and 2 weeks, respectively, to prepare for the possibility of a longer-term shutdown.
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Colleges are going completely online amid coronavirus spread. How will that even work?
Universities are working to scale up their online offerings using technological platforms that have never been tested at such a high volume.
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Baxter Academy will close, transition to remote learning amid coronavirus spread
As K-12 schools around Maine announced plans to cancel or postpone large events and activities, the charter school said Thursday it will transition to distance learning by Monday.
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Portland suspends elementary school reconfiguration effort amid virus concerns
It’s no longer part of the 2020-2021 proposed school budget, but Superintendent Xavier Botana says he will advocate for it the following year.