After a heated three-hour debate punctuated by angry parents and threats of police intervention, the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board on Tuesday approved a mask mandate for all students, staff, faculty and visitors in indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status. At one point during the meeting, board chair Holly J.P. warned the crowd […]
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Topsham-area schools will keep interim superintendent for next school year
The Maine School Administrative District 75 board will begin looking for a permanent superintendent next January.
Phippsburg residents donate to erase student meal debt, but experts say school meals should be free after
Although families can apply for a child to receive free or reduced-priced meals based on a family’s income and size, universally free school meals would be academically and financially beneficial.
Harpswell re-elects Wright to school board
Frank Wright was re-elected to the MSAD 75 school board over challenger Sean Hall in a 381-132 vote Saturday.
Two candidates vie for Harpswell school board seat
The polls are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, at Harpswell Central School.
Bowdoinham students pen newspaper about COVID-19 changes in their school
Bowdoinham fifth-graders created the “Bowdoinham Pandemic Press” full of stories about the ways their school has changed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maine CDC identifies COVID-19 outbreaks at two Bath schools
Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath not resume full in-person instruction for the first time since March as initially planned after the Maine CDC listed the school as an outbreak status, alongside Morse High School, according to a letter from RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel.
Topsham-area schools call for more teachers in order to open full-time
Hiring additional staff members is the next step in the district’s “feather-in” approach to bring kindergarteners and first graders back to full-time, in-person learning on Dec. 7, said MSAD75 Superintendent Shawn Chabot.
Despite pandemic, Midcoast districts report strong start to school year
Regional School Unit 1, Regional School Unit 5 and Maine School Administrative District 75 students walked back into the classrooms Tuesday, wearing masks and keeping their distance as they start the year.
Despite pandemic, Midcoast districts report strong start to school year
Regional School Unit 1, Regional School Unit 5 and Maine School Administrative District 75 students walked back into the classrooms on Tuesday, wearing masks and keeping their distance as they start the year in hybrid models that vary between districts, but have all been shaped by the coronavirus pandemic.