September 7, 2020 Good Morning, Everyone needs support and kindness during these challenging times. Last week a parent recorded, without permission, a portion of a teacher's remote lesson and then posted the clip on a political social media forum. The parent has since apologized and has Read More

September 5, 2020 Good Morning, Yesterday afternoon the State shared Penobscot County remains green with the color designation. Therefore, our schools will remain with the current three pathways. However, the State will continue to monitor health factors and share designations every two weeks Read More

Good Evening, MDOE announced today all counties remains green. However, Penobscot and York county have to be assessed again next Friday for possible change in color Read More

Good Evening, Attached are more helpful resources for parents regarding returning to school, a prescreening tool to check each morning before sending your child to school, and a flowchart for when a child feels sick at school. If you have questions, please contact your child's Read More

Reopening Plans Update - August 20, 2020 Good Evening: Bangor School Department faculty, staff, and administration have been hard at work to complete the details for the opening of school. Schedules and class lists will be sent to families in the next few days. Next week faculty and staff Read More

Fall Update 6 - August 10, 2020 Good Afternoon, We have made great progress on our opening of school plans for the 2020-2021 school year. Principals and guidance counselors are currently working on class lists, schedules, and staffing plans based on parents' choices of in person instruction 5 Read More

Fall Planning Update - July 20, 2020 Good Evening, I wanted to update everyone now that we have more information from the Governor, Maine Department of Education (MDOE), and Maine Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding fall plans for schools.  The Bangor School Department (BSD) will be Read More

Reopening Update 4 - July 7, 2020 Good Morning: Thank you to those who filled out the important parent survey.  We do need to hear from everyone.  So we ask all families who haven't responded yet, fill out this brief survey by tonight regarding your families' needs for schools reopening in Read More

Reopening Plan Update 3 - June 15, 2020 Good Afternoon: The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) has provided a framework for the reopening in the fall.  It is located at:   https://www.maine.gov/doe/covid-19/reintegrate. The Commissioner shared the State will determine when schools may reopen Read More