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By a unanimous vote, the five-member board composed of active and retired medical professionals agreed that there is no compelling evidence for or against the regulations the Planning Board will send to June s annual town meeting. I ve done a bit of a deep dive into the literature, and I was unable to find any good data looking at the environmental health consequences of these biogenic [volatile organic compounds] or terpinenes, Dr. Devan Bartels said. Looking at the [draft bylaw critic s] email he sent out, one of the biggest concerns may have been the fact that there is not data does not make them an invalid argument.
A Sunday afternoon email from Director Carrie Gagne informed affected families that the college learned on Saturday that a single teacher at the preschool had tested positive, prompting a decision to shutter the facility for 10 days. The letter said the decision was made with the consultation of college leadership and the local Board of Health, which noted the closure at its Monday morning meeting. In other scenarios we might have only closed one classroom, Gagne wrote. However, the Pine Room has an exceptionally large number of siblings and family members moving through seven other classrooms. Although we limit mingling among students and do not have teachers moving between rooms, the center-wide risk was greater because of the Pine Room s unique situation than it might have been otherwise. That fact fueled our decision to reluctantly close the entire school.