Former Vt. Education Secretary Holcombe a finalist for Windsor Central school district superintendent
As a Democratic candidate for governor, Rebecca Holcombe, of Norwich, Vt., has had to do her campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic from her home via phone and teleconference. She is photographed in downtown Norwich on April 16, 2020. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Rebecca Holcombe, who is running for governor as a Democrat, poses in front of the Vermont Statehouse on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Readfield-area high school reports COVID-19 outbreak
Richmond High School and Monmouth Academy also reported positive COVID-19 cases.
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READFIELD Regional School Unit 38 Superintendent Jay Charette announced Tuesday afternoon that Maranacook Community High School is being categorized as having an “outbreak” of coronavirus cases.
Charette said in a letter to the community that the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention determined the high school as having an outbreak defined as three or more cases from three different households within a 14-day period but there is “no evidence” of transmission of COVID-19 within the school building.
“It simply means that MCHS meets the criteria for outbreak status,” Charette wrote.
Readfield-, Richmond-area middle schools report positive COVID-19 cases
Maranacook Community Middle School and Richmond Middle School will be operating with a fully remote learning model until Monday.
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READFIELD A student at Maranacook Community Middle School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to school officials in Regional School Unit 38.
RSU 38 Superintendent Jay Charette said in a letter Monday afternoon that all close contacts have been notified.
As a result of the positive coronavirus case, Maranacook Community Middle School will be using fully remote instruction through Friday, resuming in-person learning Monday.
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Also on Monday afternoon, Richmond Middle School reported a positive COVID-19 case.
Two with Upper Valley ties will have jobs in Biden administration
Then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and his chief of staff, Jon Finer, meet with members of a U.S. delegation in Vienna, Austria, in 2015. Finer, a Norwich native, has been named to a senior post in the Biden White House. ap file CARLOS BARRIA
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Published: 1/20/2021 5:15:26 PM
Two Upper Valley natives will assume prominent posts in the White House when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Wednesday.
Jon Finer, a Norwich native and 1994 Hanover High School graduate, will become principal deputy national security advisor, the Biden transition team announced earlier this month.
Tunbridge prepares to vote on dissolving school district, splitting from Chelsea
Modified: 1/5/2021 10:00:41 PM
TUNBRIDGE Dissolving the First Branch Unified School District could be a costly endeavor for taxpayers in Tunbridge and Chelsea if voters in the district’s two towns decide to do so.
An analysis presented by the White River Valley Supervisory Union at a meeting Monday night showed that the tax rate in Tunbridge would have been 18 cents higher per $100 of valuation this year if Tunbridge Central School was operated by a single-town district.
The rate in Chelsea would have been 20 cents higher.
The meeting, held jointly by the Tunbridge Selectboard and the First Branch district’s board, was an informational session in advance of Tunbridge’s vote on Saturday to decide whether to leave the district. About 95 different accounts logged into Zoom for the meeting, and the discussion ranged over what the vote would entail, the school district’s struggles to integrate