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Sanford Spartans Home Games: September 27-October 2

Monday, September 27 7th Grade Field Hockey vs. Shapleigh, 3:30 p.m., Blouin FieldBoys 8th Grade Soccer vs. Shapleigh, 3:45 p.m., Cobb StadiumGirls 8th Grade Soccer vs. Shapleigh, 4:30 p.m., Cobb StadiumVarsity Field Hockey vs. Thornton Academy, 6:00 p.m., Alumni Stadium Tuesday, September 28 Varsity Golf vs. Marshwood, 3:30 p.m., Sanford Country ClubVarsity Volleyball vs. Bonny Eagle, 4:00 p.m., Sanford High SchoolGirls JV Soccer vs. Noble, 4:30 p.m., Alumni StadiumJV Volleyball vs. Bonny Eagle, 5:30 p.m., SHSGirls Varsity Soccer vs. Noble,…

Sanford Community Adult Education Announces New Director

Jayne Perkins will be joining the staff of Sanford Community Adult Education (SCAE) on October 12 as its new full-time Program Director.  Ms. Perkins is currently teaching for Noble High School in North Berwick and has taught various grade levels from Kindergarten to High School during her thirty years in education.  It was when she had an opportunity to teach a series of history classes for Noble Adult Education that she "fell in love with all things Adult Ed." She…

School Committee 9/20 Meeting Summary

The Sanford School Committee met Monday, September 20, 2021. Chair Don Jamison was not present. Vice Chair Paula Cote led the meeting. Public Participation Tammy Hills spoke to complain that teachers at Sanford High School are not giving mask breaks to their classes. She asked the School Committee to direct Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson to mandate mask breaks. Mr. Nelson said he would address the issue during his update on the Safe Return Schools Plan. Committee Reports Construction: Mr.…

Sanford Schools to Start Pooled Testing for Covid-19

by Steve Bussiere, Assistant Superintendent of Schools In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Sanford School Department administrators have been working closely with the Maine Department of Education to implement a free COVID-19 pooled testing program for students and staff. Pooled testing involves gathering test swabs from all consenting participants in a classroom into one “pool” every week and then testing that pooled sample for COVID-19. Shallow nasal self-swabs will be used and test results should be available…

School Committee 8/30 Meeting Summary

The Sanford School Committee met on August 30. Normally, the School Committee wouldn’t meet twice in August, but this additional meeting was requested so that there could be further discussion on the Safe Return to School plan that was presented at the previous meeting on August 11. Committee member Jonathan Mapes was not present. There were some audio issues at the start of the meeting, so the recording of the first part of the meeting was not available for us…

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