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Lewiston superintendent to recommend making masks optional Share Updated: 11:11 PM EDT Jul 28, 2021 Terry Stackhouse Share Updated: 11:11 PM EDT Jul 28, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WILL REQUIRE FACE COVERINGS BECAUSE THIS IS GUIDANCE - THE HARD PART NOW IS F OR SCHOOL BOARDS AND SUPERINTENDENTS TO CRAFT THEIR OWN MASK POLICIES. THATS WHAT STEVE BAIL, EY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAINE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, TOLD ME....

Petition drive to remove 4 Cumberland school board members falls short Upset that SAD 51 has kept a hybrid of remote and in-class learning, petitioners say they will continue to push for a return to five full days of classroom learning in the fall. Share A petition drive to remove four Cumberland representatives from the regional school board failed to gather enough signatures to get on the June 8 ballot, Town Clerk Tammy O’Donnell said Monday. A sign outside the Mabel Wilson School in Cumbe...

In Maine, the debate over schools returning full-time rages town by town Brian MacQuarrie © FRED J. FIELD for the Boston Globe Tyler McGinley, the school board chair in Cumberland, Maine, with her children Bea, 5, and Ford, 7. PORTLAND, Maine — Maine leads the country in vaccination percentage. None of its counties is considered at high risk of COVID-19. Outdoor gatherings are scheduled to return to full capacity by the end of May. But even as states with more worrisome inf...

Petition to recall Cumberland school board members following April 6 vote Fresh Start 51 is the group behind a petition to recall the MSAD 51 school board, after members voted unanimously not to return to classrooms full-time this year. Author: Chloe Teboe (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:53 AM EDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 8:53 AM EDT April 29, 2021 CUMBERLAND, Maine — The past 14 months and counting have been filled with unchartered and unpreced...

School board recall effort exposes discord in Cumberland and North Yarmouth The clash over whether to return to 5 days in the classroom this school year has grown rancorous, with some parents pushing to remove school board members and the superintendent. Share A sign calling for the superintendent’s firing is posted in front of Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland on Thursday, with a message from the library on its own sign. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Cumberland town offici...