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Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the vaccine and some school districts in the region will host clinics as soon as next week.

Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the vaccine and some school districts in the region will host clinics as soon as next week.

Waterville Public Schools proposes to build an 18,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School that would be separate from the school.

The Planning Board on Tuesday heard a presentation for a 5,000-square-foot kindergarten classroom addition to the George J. Mitchell School that's intended to provide additional space for children during the pandemic.

Some districts had technical difficulties, some missed the deadline and others have concerns about the accuracy of the process.

As many students return to public-school classrooms this coming week, district officials have more leeway than last year in their pandemic protocols, leading to differing precautions for COVID-19.

The public will have a chance to ask questions and comment on the plan, which includes building an 18,000-square-foot addition to Waterville Junior High School on West River Road for students of Albert S. Hall School.

The ceremony was held Wednesday at the outdoor pavilion behind Waterville Senior High School.

Cooking, building model rockets and art are a small sampling of the summer courses being offered this year to address students' social-emotional needs that have gone unmet during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Waterville Board of Education heard from school principals last week about plans for summer activities to help make up for academic and social-emotional loss students experienced during a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic.