Some middle schools in Nelson Co. could merge with high schools under proposal Share Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021 Share Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021
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Show Transcript MOST OF THE PARENTS AND THOSE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AREN’T FANS OF THIS PROPOSAL AND IT’S EVIDENT BY THE SONS. THEY HELD UP STATING SAVE OUR SCHOOLS. YOU CANNOT TAKE OUR SCHOOLS FROM US. I FEEL LIKE I’M SORRY. IS THAT THIS IS THAT OURS THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PONDS, BLOOMFIELD PARENTS SOUNDING OFF AND NELSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT WEST BRADLEY IN A PACKED PUBLIC FORUM WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT’S ONE OF SEVERAL FORMS TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL THAT COULD SEE FOUR OF THE DISTRICT’S MIDDLE SCHOOLS MERGE INTO TWO HIGH SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT. BRADLEY TOLD PARENTS TO MERGER WILL GIVE STUDENTS MORE ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT CAN PUT THEIR FOCUS EARLY ON THEIR CAREERS. THIS PROPOSAL CAUSES FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL RESOURCES FOR EVERY
Water main break in Skowhegan closes schools, leaves some without pressure
Maine Water Co. received reports from customers around 5:30 Monday morning regarding low water pressure throughout Skowhegan.
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Crews from Maine Water, right, watch Monday as an excavator from Nitram Excavation moves rock into a ditch that was rebuilt after a 12-inch water main broke along Heselton Street in Skowhegan. A portion of Heselton Street was also reconstructed following the break.
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SKOWHEGAN A water main break caused water pressure to drop and schools to close on Monday morning.
Mark Vannoy, vice president of Maine Water Co., said in a phone call that a leak that started early Monday morning initially caused disruption “to many customers throughout the system.”
Winslow- and Skowhegan-based school districts report another 3 cases of COVID-19
Two staff members in Skowhegan-based Maine School Administrative District 54 and a person connected to Winslow Elementary School have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The superintendents in school districts based in Skowhegan and Winslow have announced three more cases of COVID-19 infection.
MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT 54
In a letter posted Monday to the MSAD 54 website, Superintendent Jon Moody wrote that two staff members one at North Elementary School, the other at Bloomfield Elementary School had tested positive for the disease.
The staff members did not have “prolonged direct interactions” with students while potentially positive, but did have limited contact with other employees, according to Moody.