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PublishedApril 2, 2022
Central Maine school districts turning to emerging bus scanning technology to address safety, driver shortages
The technology was originally installed during the pandemic to help with contact-tracing, but officials are now looking at the devices as a way of improving efficiency and safety for students.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2022
Readfield-area high school to go remote due to staff shortages from uptick in COVID-19 cases
School officials can't figure out what caused the spike, and so far only Maranacook Community High School has been impacted.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2022
Readfield-area students gain cool experience with Maine history through ice harvesting
Maranacook Community Middle School teacher Dan Holman has tried for years to make ice harvesting happen for his students and has never seen a public school have an opportunity like the students did on Wednesday.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2022
Readfield-area schools back in session after going remote due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases and low staffing due to illness
Superintendent Jay Charette wants to "make it clear" it was due to the combination of the high number of COVID-19 cases reported in the district and the high staff absentee rate.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
Readfield-area schools switch to remote learning for the week due to COVID-19
Officials in Regional School Unit 38 say they will evaluate the district's schools on a daily basis.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Readfield-area school to add early release days to address warnings of teacher burnout
The early release days will start in February and go through May, even as one school board member said that teachers need mental health time rather than more time to do more work.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2021
Readfield-area schools officials debate remote learning options as COVID cases spike in district
The board did not come up with a solution, but will take the answers they gained with them to the Nov. 3 meeting to evaluate the situation in a couple of weeks.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2021
Central Maine schools don’t just need bus drivers, they need ed techs and substitute teachers, too
Turns out central Maine schools need educational technicians, as well as substitute teachers even more than bus drivers, in some cases.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Days after classes begin, COVID-19 cases reported at schools in central Maine
Because of the universal mask mandate at the elementary schools, close contacts who have been identified need not quarantine if they do not show symptoms of the virus, according to officials.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
Despite statewide shortage, Readfield-area school district has full roster of bus drivers
Through proactive effort, the Regional School Unit 38 transportation department has been able to fill all of its positions, while other districts are still facing challenges.
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