Cavendish Update 8/26/22: School info/News/Events
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8/26/22
1. Cavendish Info
2. Covid update
3. Events
1. CAVENDISH INFO
• Traveling to Canada: Two Cavendish residents went to Canada to see a concert just about 23 miles from the Vermont border. They almost weren’t allowed in, so they want people to know you can’t use paper forms at the border. Instead, you need to use the Canadian website ArriveCAN to give your information, including vaccination status, within 72 hours before you arrive in Canada. The latest version of ArriveCAN (v.3.0.9) was released on July 19, 2022. Make sure you have the latest version before submitting your mandatory information.
• CHS-CGYH Sept. Update Now online: The Cavendish Historical Society once again is providing a resource, as part of the Carmine Guica Young Historians (CGYH) program, for teachers, students, families and the community with information on town, state and national history for the month ahead.
• With a red carpet, cookout and tours, GM schools ready for reopening: Wednesday, Aug. 31 will be the first day of schools for children in the Green Mountain Unified School District and unlike so many schools around the country, not one of the three has a teacher vacancy. But the high school is down two para-professionals and CTES is still looking for a guidance counselor. For her first opening day at CTES, new Principal Amy Bohren and her staff are literally rolling out the red carpet for a “Hollywood themed celebrity breakfast” at 7:45 a.m. “This won’t be popular culture style celebrities,” says Bohren, “but our own local celebrities.” Included among these will be two former principals — Bob Snarski and George Thomson. Snarski ran the Cavendish school from the early 1970s to 1989 when Thomson took over and was principal until 2018. Bohren says both have great stories to share about the school. When breakfast is done, parents will line the 60-foot red carpet and as the school’s 75 students move outside to participate in the school’s traditional start of the day around the flagpole. Chester Telegraph
• GMUHS, CAES, CTES bus routes
• New Hours at the Cavendish Library as of August 29th: The Cavendish Library will only be open to the public three days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-6.
2. COVID UPDATE: For local information on testing, vaccinations, boosters, notifying contacts as well as other resources, including for Long Covid, please see the Cavendish COVID-19 Resource Guide.
Free Test kits: Available Monday-Friday at the Cavendish Fire Dept from 9-4. For weekends and off hours, call 802-226-7807.
The public is invited to the Springfield library to receive up to four free at-home antigen test kits (that is eight tests total) while supplies last. FMI: Sue Dowdell, library director, at the Springfield Town Library, at 802-885-3018, email springfieldlibrary@hotmail.com.
State: The current VT Dept of Health Weekly Report August 14 to August 20, continues to report statewide community levels as low, with Bennington and Rutland counties as having medium levels of Covid.
• New hospital admissions with Covid: While the current report listed 30 cases for the week, a decrease from 50 last week, the state had 47 patients hospitalized on Wednesday morning, the highest number since the end of May. It also reported a higher than-average 40 patients on Monday.
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with Covid: 2.44% (no real change from last week’s 2.45%)
• Wastewater Monitoring: Detailed wastewater indicators are not available for this week’s report.
• Outbreaks: As of Wednesday, there were 12 active outbreaks of Covid, the same as last week, including 11 in long-term care facilities and 2 in Non-Long Term Care Healthcare There is 1 active outbreaks listed for Windsor County, one down from last week.
• Deaths: Three deaths were reported this week, for a total of 11 deaths in August. July had a total of 12 deaths and it appears August will exceed that. To date, 707 Vermonters have died of Covid.
3. EVENTS
AUGUST 31 (WEDNESDAY): First Day of School
SEPTEMBER 5 (MONDAY): Labor Day, Town Office Closed
SEPTEMBER 10 (SATURDAY): Tenth Anniversary of the Vermont Golden Honey Festival 10-4 at the Golden Stage Inn.
SEPTEMBER 11 (SUNDAY): Annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk. Begins at 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum. The walk includes the site of the accident, which is three quarters of a mile from the Museum. FMI: margocaulfield@icloud.com 802-226-7807
SEPTEMBER 23-24 (FRIDAY-SATURDAY): Black River Good Neighbor (BRGN) Rummage Sale at Fletcher Farm.
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