Vermont is the only state in the country with a statewide program testing for PCBs in schools, But it wouldn’t have happened without the demise of the Burlington High School and Tech Center in the fall of 2020.
As Christina Guessferd reports in part 1 of a special report, some local families remain convinced that the school closure was not necessary and needlessly stripped social, emotional, and educational stability from hundreds of kids.
Ahead of the winter holidays, Vermont is expanding the hours at its state-run walk-in vaccine clinics. It comes as health officials in the state and throughout the Northeast are monitoring several respiratory illnesses: COVID-19, the flu and RSV.