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Bill to convert York County courthouses into housing clears the Legislature

'It's a win-win-win,' said Rep. Traci Gere, D-Kennebunkport, who sponsored the bill to allow 3 vacant court buildings to be turned into apartments.

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Bill to convert courthouses into housing clears the Legislature

“It's a win-win-win,” said Rep. Traci Gere, D-Kennebunkport, who sponsored the bill on behalf of Gov. Janet Mills.

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Central Maine Schools taking advantage of rapid COVID-19 testing

Central Maine Schools taking advantage of rapid COVID-19 testing
Erskine Academy, Vassalboro Community School, Maine Central Institute, MSAD 53 and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences among the local schools using Abbott rapid antigen tests.
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SOUTH CHINA — The coronavirus pandemic continues to run rampant across the state, but a handful of local schools are participating in an increased testing effort to help stop the spread.
The Abbott rapid antigen COVID-19 tests are made for individuals exhibiting at least one of the most common COVID-19 symptoms or two of the less common symptoms. The testing process involves self-swabbing the lower portion of one’s nostrils and is processed on site by adding six drops of a liquid reagent to the swab on a test card. The tests are free of cost to students and staff.

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Dozens of Maine schools now using COVID rapid tests for students and staff

Dozens of Maine schools now using COVID rapid tests for students and staff
The Maine CDC has distributed more than 4,000 rapid tests to K-12 schools since early November.
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William H. Rowe School nurse Jill Webber in her office in Yarmouth on Friday. The Yarmouth schools have received 160 rapid tests. Webber said the rapid tests help the schools immensely, and wishes she had more. “The efficiency and speed at which we can do the testing is going to reduce transmission in schools and the community,” she said.
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Nearly 50 Maine schools and school districts are now using rapid-result coronavirus tests on symptomatic students and staff to quickly identify positive cases and to improve the contact tracing and quarantine process.

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Thousands of COVID-19 test kits distributed to 50+ Maine schools

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"It's so incredibly comforting for the staff at the school," Jill Webber, a nurse at the William H. Rowe School in Yarmouth told NEWSCENTER Maine.
Rowe and other nurses across the Yarmouth School Dept. have already tested students and staff showing symptoms of the virus over the last couple of weeks.
Compared to the traditional PCR test that often takes days to get results back, the Abbott kit uses a swab, card, and reagent to produce results in minutes.
"We have a kid come down that has symptoms that are consistent with COVID—to be able to quickly do a test and know if that kid's positive or not," Webber said.

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Maine school districts take different approaches to snow days during pandemic

Maine school districts take different approaches to snow days during pandemic
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Updated: 5:15 PM EST Dec 16, 2020
By Alice Keefe
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Updated: 5:15 PM EST Dec 16, 2020
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ALL HAVE THE áCHOICE OF WHAT TO DO - CANCEL SCHOOL FOR THE DAY... OR... CONTINUING LEARNING ONLINE... HERE'S WHAT A FEW... HAVE DECIDED ON DURING A YEAR THAT'S LOOKED SO DIFFERENT FOR STUDENTS... SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY RAY OF BIDDEFORD SAID.... THEY WANTED TO KEEP ONE THING THE SAME. 54- "WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE WILL HAVE STORM DAYS AS REGULAR" RAY WHICH MEANS A SNOW DAY... áALSO MEANS... NO REMOTE LEARNING. 2:20-2:41 I THINK IT'S OUR FEELING THAT WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SUCCESSES WITH REMOTE INSTRUCTION THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IT MISSES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS ON A DAY OFF WE WANT THEM TO BE ACTIVE, TO BE OUTSIDE, AND NOT IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN OR COMPLETING PAPER PACKETS RAY LISBON SCHOOLS IS TAKING A SIMILAR APPROACH... WITH THE DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT STATING STAFF AND STUDENTS COULD ALL USE A BREAK... AFTER WORKING HARDER THAN EVER... ááINSERT GFXáá BUT OTHER DISTRICTS... LIKE BRUNSWICK... ARE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH ... 2:25-2:33 WHAT I MEAN BY SCHOOL CLOSURE IS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING REMOTELY AS LONG AS THERE'S POWER AND INTERNET, WIFI SUPERINTENDENT PHIL POTENZIANO SAID THEY FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP KIDS ENGAGED... EVEN IF THERE'S A FOOT OF SNOW OUTSIDE. 8:12-8:30 ITS IMPORTANT TO HAVE STUDENTS ENGAGED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED US YOU KNOW SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SAFETY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS SO HAVING THESE DAYS - HAVING MORE CONTINUITY ABOUT THOSE IS OUR GOAL AGAIN - DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT MAINE ARE MAKING THEIR OWN DECISIONS ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT SN

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