Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union (RNESU) has 49 new employees who will be working throughout the district. Neshobe Elementary John Aprilliano-Intervention Specialist Carol Buzby-L/T Teacher: Elementary Brittney Clodgo-Paraeducator Anna Cook-Teacher: Elementary Elizabeth Corey-Teacher: Grade 4 Thomas Darling-Teacher: Elementary Leah […]
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State News
Area schools are seeking workers: paras, subs, janitors all in short supply
By John Flowers/Addison County Independent Years of college and graduate school plus decades in front of classes have prepared Principal Tracey Harrington for her job leading instruction for scores of students at Ripton Elementary School. On Monday, though, she found […]
Commentary, Opinion
Let’s talk about Covid mitigation in our schools
By Life Legros Editor’s note: LeGeros, a professional educator who lives in Duxbury, sits on the steering team of the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition and is a member of the Harwood Union school board. The views expressed here do not […]
Covid 19 local resource guide, Covid-19 updates
Covid-19: Two years later — Key dates in the pandemic’s past
Two years of major milestones can become a blur. All the executive orders, mandates and guidance — which at times felt like rapid fire — gone now, in the past. For those who care to remember, here are a few […]
Covid 19 local resource guide, Covid-19 updates, State News
State reflects on two-year pandemic
By Polly Mikula “If we look back two years to March 13, when I signed the emergency declaration here in Vermont, I never expected that it would last two years, not just the state of emergency, but I didn’t think […]
Covid-19 updates, Featured
Schools run out of rapid tests
Gone just days after new protocols for students and staff took effect By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger On Wednesday, Jan. 19, school districts across the state kicked off new Covid-19 testing protocols. Following the recommendation of the state Agency of Education, school officials […]
Letter, Opinion
Vt. pediatricians support policies to adapt school testing and contact tracing
Dear Editor, The American Academy of Pediatrics Vermont Chapter (AAPVT) supports the direction that the Agency of Education is moving in adapting contact tracing and surveillance testing practices. The proposed model will only be successful with easy access to and […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Leadership can keep schools safe, open
Vaccination mandates and ‘test to attend’ programs needed now By Jim Haff Editor’s note: Jim Haff is the Killington representative in the Windsor Central School District and Killington Select Board member. This commentary was written as an open letter to […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Teachers’ union slams state’s abandonment of contact tracing, testing in schools
By Jeralyn Darling/VTDigger Vermont’s teachers’ union is calling Friday’s decision to end contact tracing and surveillance testing a “demoralizing blow” to anyone involved in the state’s school system, including students and their parents. In a statement issued Saturday, Jan. 8, […]
Commentary, Opinion
Delta changed the equation; policies must change too
By Anne Sosin Editor’s note: Anne N. Sosin is a public health researcher and Policy Fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College and the co-lead on research on Covid-19 and rural health equity in northern New England. […]