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105 students, staff impacted at Skowhegan Area High School after additional COVID-19 case
The high school shifted to remote learning on Friday and the administration is looking for ways to staff the building in order to resume hybrid learning on Monday.
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Over 100 students and staff have been impacted after an additional case of COVID-19 was reported at Skowhegan Area High School on Friday.
In a letter sent to the community on Friday evening, School Administrative District 54 Superintendent Jon Moody said that there were two cases reported on Friday; one at the high school and another at Skowhegan Area Middle School. On Thursday, a case of COVID-19 was reported at the high school, resulting in a remote learning day on Friday for students.
Outbreak investigation opened at Skowhegan Area Middle School
It is believed that transmission may have occurred in school, but officials decided to keep the facility open after discussions with Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
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SKOWHEGAN Superintendent Jon Moody told the Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors about an open outbreak investigation at Skowhegan Area Middle School.
Board members convened on Thursday to discuss district updates, including mascot imagery selection, the upcoming budget and COVID-19.
Moody said the coronavirus outbreak investigation had occurred Wednesday, and it is believed that transmission may have occurred in school. After discussions with Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, it was decided to keep the facility open.
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.”
Skowhegan, Waterville and Winslow-area schools report cases of COVID-19
Waterville Schools reported cases in three different schools.
School districts based in Skowhegan, Waterville and Winslow reported cases of COVID-19 late Friday afternoon.
Maine School Administrative District 54 Superintendent Jon Moody notified the community in a letter regarding a case involving a Skowhegan Area Middle School staff member. Three staff members and 53 students were impacted by the case.
“At this time there is no recommendation that we take additional actions beyond the quarantining of students and staff as described above,” Moody wrote. “Should anything about this situation change, or should other cases arise, we will reach out directly and post the information to the web.”
Changes to the way cohorts are set up for grades six and seven are changing in the coming weeks to allow students to interact and move around in between classes.