As the beginning of the upcoming school year looms – amid much fear, anxiety, and uncertainty – Vermont-NEA members have been busy preparing for a fall that none of us has ever experienced. Over the summer, members have attended virtual town halls (two with the state’s top health officials) and appeared on radio programs, participated in interviews, and have been featured in stories across the state.
Below are links to many of those events, as well as an extensive set of answers to members’ health and safety questions posed to Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine during our reopening town halls.
Vermont Health Department Answers to Members’ Reopening Health and Safety Questions
Read the department's answers to your questions
All-member Town Halls
July 28th Reopening Town Hall #2
July 8th Reopening Town Hall #1
Recent Radio Programs
Educators Discuss Reopening Issues, Vermont Edition
Don Tinney on The Vermont Conversation
Don Tinney on The Dave Gram Show
Vermont-NEA In-the-News
Rutland Herald Times Argus: Union Pushes Back on Reopening Plan
VTDigger: School Reopening Plans All Over the Map
WPTZ: Superintendent Calls Out State for Lack of Guidance
WPTZ: Union Shares Back to School Reopening Plan
WCAX: Vermont Educators Worry About Reopening Readiness
Manchester Journal: Lawmakers Hear From Educators