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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>US CDC guidance</b> in its full form (not just the press release) can be found here:

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https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/updated-respiratory-virus-guidance.html</a> </span></div>

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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Maine CDC will be updating its materials and webpage soon. It just takes time as they received the information at the same time we did.</span></div>

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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>School Health Advisory Committee

</b>meets today at 3:30-5:00. All are welcome to attend although there is a set group of "voting members". 

<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/advisorycommittee" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/advisorycommittee" id="OWAe72e4124-3aa2-55a6-7e83-32ae0cfa6913" class="OWAAutoLink">

SHAC</a></span><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/advisorycommittee" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/advisorycommittee" style="text-decoration: none;" id="OWA6cc25bc9-f28b-3ace-a5cb-cdf9469f9feb" class="OWAAutoLink">

</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">meets quarterly on the first Tuesday of the month from 3:30-5. Our next meeting, after today will be on June 5. Here is the zoom link if you want to attend.

 If you have topics that you think should be discussed by this group at some point in the future, you can use this form</span></div>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join Zoom Meeting</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://mainestate.zoom.us/j/87177744995?pwd=dUdhVXRLQVE1a3FTYTg0UFViRTU5dz09</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Meeting ID: 871 7774 4995</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Passcode: 090472573.</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/mental-health-action-guide/pdf/DASH_MH_Action_Guide_508.pdf" id="LPlnk715461" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/mental-health-action-guide/pdf/DASH_MH_Action_Guide_508.pdf" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Mental

 Health Action Guide Weekly Webinar Series</a> </b>continues on Wednesday from 3:30-4:30. If you haven't yet registered for this

<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/calendar#calendar-6c6f22e1-033b-47cd-8ea3-0906acf8c9e4-event-lsem3wes-1709757000" id="OWAf58eaa8f-f3d1-7bdf-810d-f27af44777ee" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/calendar#calendar-6c6f22e1-033b-47cd-8ea3-0906acf8c9e4-event-lsem3wes-1709757000" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">

here is the link</a><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/calendar#calendar-6c6f22e1-033b-47cd-8ea3-0906acf8c9e4-event-lsem3wes-1709757000" id="OWA4ebd275f-5724-770f-b285-4c38ca7cbed5" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/calendar#calendar-6c6f22e1-033b-47cd-8ea3-0906acf8c9e4-event-lsem3wes-1709757000" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">

</a>to do so.  This conflicts with nurse office hours<span class="_Entity _EType_OWA_HYPHEN _EId_OWA_HYPHEN _EReadonly_1" style="display: inline-block;"><span id="hyphen1" class="hyphen">—</span></span>we know. This series will be recorded and available afterwards

 and there will be follow up notes to office hours, so you should be able to access the content of both even if you can't physically attend. It's a busy week!</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>4<sup>th</sup> Annual SEL Day

</b>is on Friday, March 8. Your school can access lots of <a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/climate/sel/selday" id="LPlnk544797" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/climate/sel/selday" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">

resources here</a>!</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>School Nurse Office Hours</b> is this week at 3:15.

<a href="https://mainestate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ud-6gpjovH9SPlYi0dYM0CNBIWSYdt_cI" id="OWAd00428b9-d19a-de16-57cf-0d8c3006d309" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://mainestate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ud-6gpjovH9SPlYi0dYM0CNBIWSYdt_cI" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">

You need to register</a><a href="https://mainestate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ud-6gpjovH9SPlYi0dYM0CNBIWSYdt_cI" id="OWA70f476aa-8f4d-0967-99f4-23eb0ffa28ba" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://mainestate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ud-6gpjovH9SPlYi0dYM0CNBIWSYdt_cI" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">

</a>in order to receive the link. </span></p>

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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">February Monthly Webinar last week was an overview of

<b>McKinney-Vento Protections</b> for students experiencing homelessness or inadequate housing. The recording is now available on the

<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/professionaldevelopment" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/professionaldevelopment" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" id="OWA0a7fa1fc-62f2-5124-e77c-c110d451e296" class="OWAAutoLink">

School Health Services Professional Learning</a><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/professionaldevelopment" title="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schoolsupports/schoolhealth/professionaldevelopment" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" id="OWAbd3167a8-ee0a-fd73-92b3-160dcba6d032" class="OWAAutoLink">

</a>webpage or through<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gupLF9Yx5gI" id="LPlnk554397" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gupLF9Yx5gI" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink"> DOE YouTube.</a></span></p>

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Emily Poland, MPH, RN, NCSN (she/her)</b></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br>

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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Coordinator – Coordinated School Health</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br>

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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">23 State House Station</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br>

</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Augusta, Maine 04333-0023</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br>

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