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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Commentary: Head Start urges Maine’s senators to OK $1.7 billion in emergency relief
The preschool program has served families throughout the pandemic. Now it needs help keeping our most at-risk children safe.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2020
Most teachers are likely to return to classrooms but worried about health and safety, survey shows
Parents said they are likely to send their children back to school but are skeptical of students' abilities to meet health and safety requirements, according to new survey data from the Maine Department of Education.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2020
Our View: Maine school plans must proceed with caution
Districts have the ‘green light’ from the state to reopen – if they can meet strict public health guidelines.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Central Maine schools still grappling with how to bring students back in mix of options
While the state has unveiled its guidelines for schools, central Maine districts are still working out the details about how to start the academic year safely.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
Maine receives $17 million in CARES funding to pilot remote learning models
The federal grant funding announced this week as part of the CARES Act will go to developing and implementing new remote learning models.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2020
Superintendents welcome guidelines, see parents’ support as key to reopening
Three administrators in southern Maine say the state's blueprint will inform how schools approach reopening in the fall.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Our View: Getting students back to school should be the country’s top priority
We have to dedicate ourselves to doing the right thing elsewhere, all over the country and all at once, in a way we haven't yet really pulled off during the pandemic.
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PublishedJune 30, 2020
Cost of reopening schools during pandemic could exceed $300 million
Maine's education commissioner tells lawmakers that schools face a heavy lift in procuring personal protective equipment, expanding bus fleets and filling vacant positions.
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PublishedJune 21, 2020
Our View: Maine schools will need money to reopen
Cleaning, transportation and schedule changes will add costs to already-stretched local budgets it Congress doesn't act.
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PublishedJune 12, 2020
Commentary: We can do better by Mainers with intellectual disabilities, their caregivers
Federal COVID aid can boost front-line workers’ pay and ensure internet access for every disabled child.
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