Sixth-grade students learning remote in Skowhegan, while two more cases reported in Bingham school

Decision to have Skowhegan Area Middle School sixth-graders go remote a question of caution, while the number of cases in Upper Kennebec Valley High rises to five.

Employee in Skowhegan-area schools and student in Bingham-based district test positive

The SAD 54 superintendent said in a notice to families Monday that a part-time substitute teacher tested positive while Bingham-based schools recorded their first case of COVID-19.

Additional probable positive case of COVID-19 in Skowhegan-area school district

Friday morning, Superintendent Jon Moody said an additional probable positive case of COVID-19 had been identified within the school district, and the CDC announced in its daily briefing this afternoon that an outbreak had occurred at a business in Pittsfield.

Skowhegan-area school district educator awarded Somerset County Teacher of the Year award

Jen France was awarded the Somerset County Teacher of the Year award at Thursday's Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors meeting.

Skowhegan-area schools to continue in-person learning Monday

Forty-seven students and nine staff members from Canaan Elementary School were quarantining at home Friday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 and a student was deemed a probable positive.

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56 students, staff members quarantining after probable positive case of COVID-19 at Canaan Elementary School

Under the direction of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, the two classrooms will be quarantined, with 47 students and nine staff members sent home.

Employee tests positive for COVID-19 in Skowhegan-area school district

Superintendent Jon Moody sent a notice out on Wednesday saying that a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the individual has been home and had no contact with students this week.

Skowhegan-area school district to receive $2.4 million coronavirus relief funding

The additional funding will provide money for student and staff support, school administration, personal protective equipment, operations maintenance, transportation, food service and community services.

Skowhegan-area school district reports no additional cases of COVID-19

Students in prekindergarten through sixth grade are to return Tuesday to in-person learning, and students in grades seven through 12 will resume hybrid learning.