For now, the school district is so overloaded with positive cases and contract tracing it has abandoned reporting student quarantines on its website.
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Omicron’s impact unknown as Oxford Hills students head back to school
Superintendent Dr. Monica Henson says SAD 17 is bracing for an influx of illness and quarantine.
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Oxford Hills to adjust early release from school starting Jan. 5
PARIS — After voting by a large margin at their Dec. 6 meeting to release students an hour early on Fridays following the holiday vacation break, SAD 17’s board of directors scheduled a special meeting for Dec. 10 to rescind the measure. Instead, the board voted to change the early release time on Wednesdays from […]
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Otisfield school closed due to COVID-19 infections, quarantines
Students will return to their classrooms Jan. 4.
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SAD 17 board honors sports teams, expands Wednesday early release hours
Directors will hold a special meeting Friday to approve adjusting early release Wednesdays, a move that provides educators more time for lesson preparations.
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Forest classroom opens the door to learning in West Paris
A wooded hillside behind Agnes Gray Elementary School gives view of world civilizations.
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COVID-19 sweeps through SAD 17
PARIS — During the 2020-2021 school year Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris was largely COVID-free. Few students or staff spent time in quarantine. The school was only closed on one day because of the virus – and that was out of caution rather than an incident that threatened student safety. Now, that is […]
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Oxford Hills Athletic Boosters make a stand to use school facilities for youth sports
Directors unanimously approved SAD 17 Athletic Director Kevin Scott’s recommendations for starting winter sports Monday night.
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First child vaccine clinic Nov. 13, pooled testing in all schools
PARIS — With the federal Center for Disease Control endorsing COVID-19 vaccines for children between the ages of five and 11, SAD 17’s Health Services Department will hold its first vaccination clinic this Saturday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. “We’ll be doing a Pfizer clinic at the high school for all kids ages five […]
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Longtime school board director Patrie retires
First elected in 2011, Barry Patrie of Waterford helped guide SAD 17 through the Great Recession, a pandemic and a change in executive leadership.