Thatcher Brook principal says retirement is next when school year ends
After eight years in the front office at Thatcher Brook Primary School, Principal Denise Goodnow has decided she will retire when this school year ends in June.
Harwood Union High School drama students embrace pandemic with virtual play
For Harwood Union High School drama students, the show must go on – pandemic or not.
In fact, the theater group is entirely embracing the COVID-19 pandemic with its first virtual play that launches tonight and is available to watch online through Sunday, Dec. 6.
Families asked to quarantine students after possible Thanksgiving COVID-19 exposure
After a significant spike in COVID-19 cases in Vermont after Halloween with small social gatherings pinpointed as the cause, public health officials and Gov. Phil Scott just ahead of Thanksgiving urged K-12 schools across the state to screen students about their holiday when they return for in-person classes this week.
Schools scramble to maintain in-person learning and appeal to community to contain virus
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching and COVID-19 cases sharply growing in Vermont, officials in the Harwood Union Unified School District urge community members to follow public health advice not to travel or mingle households over the holiday in order to prevent spread of the virus.
Harwood Union’s National Honor Society chapter hosts unique induction ceremony
Undaunted by the challenges of a socially distanced world, the Harwood Union High School chapter of the National Honor Society gathered over Zoom to celebrate and induct new members for the 2020-21 year last Saturday.
Principal Goodnow does ‘air-traffic control’ during daily arrival, dismissal
By now it’s commonplace to expect that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed routines for just about every aspect of daily life in Vermont and beyond.
COVID-19 case sends Harwood Union MS/HS into remote learning Thursday-Friday
Classes at Harwood Union Middle and High School will be remote today and Friday as state public health officials work on contract tracing for several dozen individuals after one adult at the school tested positive for COVID-19.
Investigation of racial harassment complaint clears school superintendent
An independent investigation into how the Harwood Union School District superintendent handled a racial harassment incident in 2016 has cleared the school’s top administrator, according to school board leaders.
After two COVID-19 cases, schools move ahead to add in-person days
After its first episode dealing with COVID-19 cases in one of its schools, the Harwood Union Unified School District is moving ahead with its plan to increase in-person instruction as the school year enters its third week starting Monday.
One day in-person hailed a ‘banner opening’ as school year starts
After weeks of reinventing how schools operate to reopen this week amidst a pandemic, the first day in the Harwood Union Unified School District was declared a “banner opening” as students joined teachers and staff in person for the first time since March.
Opening day: Reinvented 2020-21 school year starts today
Today, many Vermont students will head back to school in person while others start the 2020-21 school year remotely.
School board takes a pause to reflect and set goals for 2020-21
After a flurry of meetings over the past several weeks all focused on planning the details for reopening schools next month in a pandemic, the Harwood Union School Board made time for a rare discussion of the big picture and its place in it.
As Sept. 8 nears, school hybrid and remote operation plans come into focus
As opening day for the Harwood Union 2020-21 school year inches closer, school officials continue to roll out details for day-to-day operations and revise their plans for how they will gradually return students and teachers to their classrooms.
Harwood tries to stick with opening plan, but new state input may force big changes sooner than expected
The latest communications from the Harwood Unified Union School District regarding the opening of school next month continue to add more questions to the discussion that will continue next week on at least two occasions.
School leaders look to bolster substitute list to brace for unconventional school year
As the opening of the 2020-21 school year draws near, officials in the Harwood Union School District are eyeing staffing levels with concern that there will be enough teachers available to move ahead with reopening schools.
Support builds for school reopening plan with students in school one day per week
The Harwood Union School District’s plan to reopen schools in September using a mostly remote learning model gained more formal support this past week as teachers voiced agreement and the school board yielded to letting the plan move forward.
HUUSD Board resists administration’s hybrid learning model; takes charge of reopening process
During the public comment period at the end of Wednesday’s HUUSD School Board meeting, two Waterbury educators spoke, sharing divergent views that illustrate the ongoing dilemma with which teachers, administrators and parents are conflicted.
School board holds special meeting tonight to discuss fall opening, now Sept. 8
Harwood Union School Board has a special meeting tonight online 6-8 p.m. to discuss reopening schools in September.
Superintendent Nease calls for statewide approach to opening public schools
In an especially lengthy, candid public letter on Saturday, Harwood Union School District Superintendent Brigid Nease lays out the myriad of challenges, worries and details weighing on school leaders as they map out how to reopen schools in five weeks.