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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…

High School & SRTC Start Date Delayed

by Matt Nelson, Superintendent of Sanford School District Good afternoon.  The Mills Administration today released a special update to its Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) re-categorized York County from green to yellow due to increases in the number of cases per capita, a positivity rate three times above the state average and five new outbreaks…

School Reopening Notes: September 3

Bus routes for Sanford Middle School, High School and Bridge students have been posted on the School Department's website here. Bus routes for elementary school students will be posted early next week. The School Department is encouraging parents to provide transportation for their students whenever possible.  If you have any questions about transportation, call your child's school or Ledgmere at 324-4888.  Sanford's school nurses have released important health information for parents related to the opening of school, which includes the…

Middle School Not Ready to Open

Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson announced Wednesday that the converted Sanford Middle School will not be ready to open on September 14 as planned. Instead, students in grades 5-8 will start the school year in full distance learning mode for two weeks, with in-person education now scheduled to begin September 28. Superintendent Nelson wrote that the reason for the change is the renovations to the school building are not completely finished. Faculty and staff began moving in last week, but…

School Reopening Notes

As of this writing, Sanford schools are still expected to open under the hybrid model approved by the School Committee on August 17. The opening of school schedule is here. The complete Reopening Plan is here. Although the Maine Principals' Association unanimously voted to allow fall school sports, that's not the end of the story. The state is reviewing the decision to see if it complies with health and safety rules. (Maine CDC guidelines call for students participating in strenuous…

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