Portland would become Maine’s first municipality to revive a requirement that people wear masks in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status.
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Posted inNation / World, Schools & Education
Biden administration opens civil rights investigations over bans on school mask mandates
Letters were sent to officials in Iowa, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma and Tennessee, all of which bar local districts from mandating masks.
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Posted inNation / World, Schools & Education
Florida children wonder what the big deal is about mask-wearing
The American Academy of Pediatrics supports universal masking for everyone, vaccinated and unvaccinated, in schools.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News, Schools & Education
How to choose and care for your kid’s masks
This year’s back-to-school supply list has an important line item: face masks. Here’s how to choose the best mask for your child, when to wash it and how to get them to wear it all day.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston school board approves mandatory masking
The committee also voted unanimously to adopt pooled testing of students and teachers.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Education Board votes ‘no masks’ for SAD 44
BETHEL — SAD 44 school district voted last night to reopen the school with no mask mandate, albeit wearing masks strongly recommended. It was a 10 – 4 vote, with the majority of the ‘yes’s’ not wearing masks themselves among the library filled with over 20 people, most not bearing masks. The Superintendent of SAD […]
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Dixfield-based district chooses optional masking to start school
The majority of RSU 56 directors followed state health and education officials’ recommendations.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Lewiston school superintendent plans to recommend a mandatory mask policy
The announcement marks a reversal from Superintendent Jake Langlais’ position earlier this month.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Masking will be ‘strongly encouraged’ for the unvaccinated in Readfield-area schools
Masking will be a decision left for parents to make for their students, but Regional School Unit 38 will participate in pool testing to avoid long periods of quarantine for close contacts.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Lisbon, Topsham-area parents worry as children prepare return to school in pandemic
As children in the southern Midcoast region are returning to school, the surge in COVID-19 cases from the highly contagious delta variant is causing some parents to question how safe conditions will be for in-person instruction. School departments across the Midcoast announced it will not offer a remote learning option in the fall and has […]