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It did not seem a big a deal last year when the Regional School Unit 16 board of directors decided it would not offer remote-only learning to students who did not have a solid reason for staying away from the classroom.
But it turns out the move pushed 74 students who had been on the district’s rolls to home-school, at least until the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control across Maine.
Because the district relies in large part on state aid based on the number of students in the three-town school district, officials learned this spring RSU 16, which enrolls students from Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland, is losing almost $500,000 in aid this year.