On Thursday, Nov. 12, the Medomak Valley High School math team meets for practice. Seventeen different computers boot up in 17 different homes and a grid of students fills the screen. Instructor William Hinkley posts a three-point problem to the group. Several students stare intently into their monitors, reasoning through the logic in their heads. Others immediately put pencil to paper as they begin making calculations, angling toward the correct answer.

Dresden Elementary School shifted to distance learning Thursday, Oct. 29 and will continue distance learning until Nov. 9 after learning of a COVID-19 case Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Edgecomb voters approved the town’s 2020-2021 education budget in a special referendum Thursday, Oct. 15, after rejecting the initial budget two months earlier.

Not much has changed for the Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna now that students have returned to in-person instruction for the year.

Back-to-school season is always a little nerve-wracking for students and their families, as they wonder what their new teachers will be like and shop for long lists of supplies. This year, that anxiety was amplified as schools had to rethink their usual routines to keep students and staff safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jefferson Village School has a new principal.

2020 Lincoln County Teacher of the Year Heather Webster, an English teacher at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, has advanced to become one of three finalists for the title of 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year.

The Great Salt Bay School Committee has tentatively set Tuesday, Sept. 8 as the day students will return to school.

Edgecomb Eddy School students and faculty will return to school in person four days a week, with a start date of Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Waldoboro’s Miller School, Medomak Middle School, and Medomak Valley High School will reopen with a mix of in-person and remote instruction.

Nobleboro Central School will start the school year with full-time, in-person instruction, the Nobleboro School Committee decided in a 5-0 vote Monday, Aug. 10.