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Third-graders at Mabel I. Wilson School in Cumberland Center eat lunch at their spaced-apart desks in the classroom on Thursday. Even with teachers becoming vaccinated, increasing in-person learning will be a challenge for schools because many don’t have enough space to keep an increased number of students safely distanced from one another.
Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Maine schools received good news this month when the state announced it would be prioritizing educators for coronavirus vaccines. But as the effort gets underway, new challenges have emerged at the forefront of the push to get more students back in classrooms.