by Nancy Beal

The three schools in Union 103 (Beals, Jonesport Elementary Schools and the joint high school) have been open for in-person learning since the Thanksgiving recess, but not all students’ families are sending them. The return to in-person attendance, decided by a joint committee composed of representatives from all facets of the schools, was prompted by reports from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention that schools are safer than the community in this COVID-19 world.