Ilustration More than most, teachers tend to respect the rules, and Amy Cudney is no exception. The J.J. Flynn Elementary School librarian dutifully canceled her Thanksgiving plans last fall and ceased outdoor visits with friends as soon as Gov. Phil Scott restricted household gatherings. Cudney sent her husband, who works remotely, to retrieve their daughter from Syracuse University at the end of the fall term and saw that they quarantined upon return. Besides her time in Burlington school classrooms, Cudney said, her only out-of-home activities are bicycling to and from work and running errands. When Cudney fell ill last month with COVID-19, a likely source of her exposure seemed obvious. One of the classrooms she works in had just gone remote because a student had tested positive; Cudney had already been told by her principal to quarantine as a close contact, she said.
Stowe High School Principal Gretchen Muller has been tapped to lead Camels Hump Middle School in Richmond next year.
Muller, who was hired as an interim principal near the end of the 2018-2019 school year, is halfway through her second year at the helm at Stowe. The Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District, to which Camels Hump belongs, approved Mullerâs hiring at its board meeting Monday night.
Muller did not reply to a request for comment before deadline, but Lamoille South superintendent Tracy Wrend said Muller will finish out the school year at Stowe and is âcommitted to supporting a transition to a new principal.â