Fewer students in class Friday after TikTok violence scare

No credible threats were found to area schools.

School board seats from Minot up for grabs in town election

Paperwork for potential candidates will be available Wednesday and must be completed before Jan. 3.

Faced with a COVID-19 outbreak, Minot school goes remote until after Thanksgiving

Seventeen students and two adults tested positive for the disease and others must quarantine, officials said

RSU 16 officials ask for help after staff berated and threatened by people angry at COVID-19 rules

'Make this level of incivility stop,' administrators for the Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot school district plead.

Faced with growing ire from extremists, school boards searching for federal help

Insisting that requiring masks in school is akin to human trafficking, one woman warns RSU 16 board to stop harming children or face God's wrath.

All schools in RSU 16 now require masks

School board members ordered students and staff at the middle and high schools to wear masks starting Wednesday.

After heated debate, RSU 16 opts to require masks in elementary schools

The three-town school district left it to parents and students in middle and high school to decide whether to wear face coverings.

Poland-based school district offering remote learning to medically vulnerable young students

Maine school leaders say the pandemic taught them valuable lessons

School superintendents say the pandemic taught valuable lessons they will carry forward. And proved the strength and resilience of staff and students alike.

RSU 16 eyes potential to lower property tax burden on residents

With more state aid and a budget surplus, officials in RSU 16, which covers Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot, hope to minimize the impact of the district's $24.3 million budget.