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Maine Department of Education

Published
June 9, 2022

RSU 9 kindergarten teacher is county’s Teacher of the Year

Stacey Augustine, who has worked with Regional School Unit 9 for 20 years, said she is honored to be selected as the Department of Education's Franklin County Teacher of the Year and is happy to see how proud her son is.
Published
May 20, 2022

Teacher defends LGBT kindergarten lesson featured in anti-Mills ad

The kindergarten teacher is disappointed that Gov. Mills and the state Department of Education responded to criticism by removing her video lesson from the state's website.
Published
May 12, 2022

County teachers of the year announced in Maine

The 16 honorees include educators from Portland, Kennebunk and Lewiston.
Published
March 9, 2022

‘It’s crazy to see everyone’s faces’: Maine public school students take off masks

For the first time in about two years, masking became optional Wednesday in all Maine public schools under state and federal guidelines. Portland's schools plan to go mask-optional Monday.
Published
February 28, 2022

Some Maine schools to ditch masks while others wait for state guidance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed masking guidelines Friday, but Maine officials have yet to indicate whether state recommendations will change.

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Published
February 2, 2022

Farmington-based school district ‘compromises’ on amended COVID-19 procedures for isolation

Chairwoman Carol Coles called the decision "one of the most difficult that I think we faced as a board."
Published
February 2, 2022

RSU 9 board discusses district reapportionment

Following the census, RSU 9's Board of Directors is up for reapportionment - effectively reassigning the number of directors based on the population of the district.
Published
January 6, 2022

COVID-19 policies changed in RSU 9 schools

Changes reflect CDC and state education recommendations.
Published
December 4, 2021

Vaccinating students seen as key moment as central Maine schools juggle pandemic challenges

With the increase in COVID-19 cases despite using the same guidelines as last year, school districts are seeing large increases in the number of positive cases from just the first few months of school.
Published
September 17, 2021

Staff at Androscoggin County schools among least vaccinated in the state

Lewiston Public Schools' central operation staff and individual school staff have some of the lowest vaccination rates statewide.