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Brunswick schools on track to reopen to in-person learning Thursday
Students were forced into remote learning because of a lack of bus drivers due to COVID.
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Three out of the seven quarantined bus drivers have received negative COVID-19 test results as of Monday afternoon, according to Superintendent Phil Potenziano, who still believes in-person instruction will resume Thursday.
Potenziano announced Sunday that all schools would transition to fully remote learning through Wednesday. The decision was made due to a lack of bus drivers, as one individual is in isolation after testing positive and seven drivers were in quarantine due to possible COVID-19 exposure.
Brunswick superintendent urges Mills to prioritize vaccines for teachers
Brunswick Superintendent Phil Potenziano argued in a Jan. 15 letter to Gov. Janet Mills that vaccinating education staff will allows schools to return to more in-person learning.
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BRUNSWICK Brunswick Superintendent Phil Potenziano has asked Gov. Janet Mills to expand vaccinations for school personnel in hopes of getting more students back into the classroom.
Potenziano argued in the Jan. 15 letter that vaccinating staff, particularly those in direct contact with students, will allow schools to boost in-person learning.
“I recognize the importance of vaccinating our frontline health care workers and older Mainers; additional emergency service personnel; and people who support infrastructure critical to Maine’s COVID-19 response,” Potenziano wrote in the letter. “I believe that our school teachers are, in fact, essential to the well-being of not just our students but to our greater society. Th