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School Committee Candidates: Paula T. Cote

At the November 3 election, Sanford and Springvale voters will elect two School Committee members to three-year terms. The three candidates are Paula T. Cote, Amy Turgeon Sevigny and incumbent Emily A. Sheffield. Kendra Williams is not seeking reelection. Paula T. Cote has lived in Maine over 25 years, and has raised her family here.  She has degrees from Florida State University and Middlebury College. She has worked as a Spanish teacher at schools in Sanford and Yarmouth. With 5 children…

School Committee 9/21 Meeting Summary

At the Sanford School Committee’s regular meeting on September 21, the following items were among those presented or discussed: Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson gave an update on the construction projects at Sanford High School, Margaret Chase Smith School and Sanford Middle School. The final walk-through for SMS is scheduled for later this week, and in-person classes are at this time still planned to begin on September 28. School Committee and Building Committee members will tour SMS and MCS on…

High School & SRTC Move to Remote Learning

Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson announced on Friday, September 18, that Sanford High School and the Sanford Regional Technical Center will move to fully remote instruction beginning Monday, September 21. An individual associated with the High School recently tested positive for Covid-19, and there is a possibility that other staff or students may have been exposed. Superintendent Nelson wrote that he is also concerned about an increased level of risk in Sanford, with the community spread of the virus that…

School Notes: September 13

The Superintendent of Schools’ Welcome Back letter is here. It includes links to lots of helpful information for each school. The School Department’s app to use for the mandatory daily Covid-19 self-screening is here. Have you seen all the great back to school PSA videos? There’s one for each school and one about riding the bus. You can find them all here. Sanford students in grades K-4 will be attending in-person classes two days a week, beginning September 14, rather…

School Notes: September 6

Date for school photos to be taken have been scheduled as follows: Sanford High School - September 9-11Margaret Chase Smith - September 28 & 29Carl J. Lamb - October 5 & 6Willard - October 15 & 16Sanford Middle School - October 19 & 20, 22 & 23 The Willard School and Margaret Chase Smith School PTAs have combined. All information will be posted on the new McWillard School Facebook page. Calvert Learning information is available, for students in grades K-8…

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