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Topsham schools switch to remote-only due to COVID-19 cases
Maine School Administrative District 75 Interim Superintendent Robert Lucy announced Monday that students will learn remotely from April 27 to May 6 before returning to in-person learning.
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Students in Maine School Administrative District 75 switched to full remote learning starting Tuesday after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, Interim Superintendent Robert Lucy announced in a letter to parents Monday.
“Due to the impact of this case on current staffing and the lack of substitutes to oversee needed services, the district must move to totally remote learning beginning tomorrow, April 27, through Thursday, May 6,” Lucy wrote.
Legal expert: Topsham school survey violated law
The survey, part of a civil rights project, sent to Mt. Ararat Middle School students also violated school district policy, according to the superintendent.
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The distribution of a survey to Mt. Ararat Middle School students appears to have violated federal law and the district’s own policy.
The anonymous survey was distributed to students as part of a diversity project by the school’s civil rights team.
However, the survey was sent without prior parental notification, violating the federal Protection of Pupil Rights Act, according to Tom Hutton, the interim director of the Education Law Association, a group that provides information on legal issues in education.