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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
Nonprofits to host back to school event at Lewiston park
Free school supplies, shoes, haircuts, vaccines, food offered Wednesday in Kennedy Park.
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PublishedApril 14, 2022
Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs
The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Lewiston School Committee votes for masks optional
The 7-2 decision will be effective on March 14 barring changes by the superintendent.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2022
Superintendent: Lewiston schools will discuss removing mask mandate
Jake Langlais expects the School Committee to revisit the policy in late February or early March.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2022
Schools with universal masking no longer need to contact trace
School districts say they will continue to notify parents with students in positive pools
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Lewiston schools discuss pending COVID-19 vaccine, weekly testing mandate
School employees may need to provide proof of vaccination or a weekly negative test beginning in February.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Paul LePage says Lewiston students may need to stay in school into July
Former governor said he is opposed to lowering the number of required school days for Lewiston because students are already falling behind due to COVID-19.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Lewiston to ask state to waive requirement for number of school days
Superintendent Jake Langlais says the rise in COVID-19 cases and the possibility of having to close schools precipitated the request.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2021
Back to school in person, with new challenges: Staff members ‘doing above and beyond, but it doesn’t take away how hard it is’
Six local educators reflect on first four months of the 2021-22 school year, some of the toughest school days some say they have faced.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2021
Lewiston schools cancel bus, van runs due to driver shortage
COVID-19-related absences worsened problems in the district's student transportation services.
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