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Maine has added another county to its list of those that are urged to take extra precautions to avoid spread of the coronavirus. The state uses a color-coded system to classify the level of risk at schools in its 16 counties. The Maine Department of Education has said it’s adding Oxford County’s school districts to the list of counties...

The Maine Department of Education says it will be determining when students return to classrooms — not local school boards. The state education department said it will make the determination in consultation with the Maine Emergency Management Agency and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. But local education officials will be responsible for details including classroom configurations to…

A school district in Maine needs to fill about 80 jobs, weeks before the start of classes.

Weeks before students are due back in class, a Maine school district is trying to fill about 80 jobs. Lewiston Superintendent Todd Finn says the city needs more than 30 teachers and 40 educational technicians by the end of August.

Maine’s U.S. senators say the state is receiving more than $1 million from the federal government to boost preschools and early education programs in the state.

A legislative watchdog in Maine says it needs more time to probe the state’s response in the cases of two girls who recently died following abuse.

School districts in Maine, and across the country, are facing bus driver shortages.