COVID-19 outbreaks on the rise at area schools The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has designated two more schools as open outbreak sites, in addition to two open investigations at other schools in the Lakes Region. Share LAKES REGION — Two more schools are under investigation by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for open outbreaks and one district has gone fully remote until January as the number of COVID-19 cases in schools and towns across the region continues to rise. Lake Region School District Superintendent Al Smith announced in a letter to the community Dec. 11 that the entire district, including adult education programs, will go fully remote until students return from the winter break on Jan. 4.