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Superintendent Tom Flanagan joins our Arabic and multilingual families for a Town Hall focused on reopening Burlington schools this fall. Thank you Mona Tolba for providing translations and liaison services. Join the Journey! www.bsdvt.org
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Parents,
particularly
for
the
younger
students,
will
walk
their
students
to
school,
and
then
the
students
will
go
through
the
health
check
and
they'll
in
some
schools
there's
a
little
place
where
they
say
bye
to
each
other.
The
parent
and
the
student
and
then
student
goes
to
the
health
check
and
goes
in.
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Yeah
for
the
younger
children,
if
you're
bringing
your
child
to
school,
there
are
going
to
be
a
couple
of
different
ways.
So
one
way
some
parents
are
going
to
be
dropping
students
off
in
the
car
and
then
some
parents
will
be
walking
their
student
up
to
the
to
the
one
of
the
entrances,
but
at
the
entrance
there
will
be
a
screening
booth
and
you
you
will
be
off
to
the
side
as
they
come
through,
so
that
if
there
was
a
if,
if
there
was
a
temperature,
someone
would
say,
can
you
come
in.
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Probably
why
the
issue
is
that
it
is
kind
of
stressful
right,
so
we
want
to
work
with
you.
I
mean
there
will
be
we're
going
to
be
working
to
get
people
through,
but
if
someone
has
a
temperature
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
be
working
with
you,
we're
not
just
going
to
send
you
away
and
say
go
away.
I
think
you
know
we'll
work
with
you
on
that,
especially
if
you
said
oh,
I
just
took
the
temperature
at
home.
It
was
fine
right
and
and
now
there's
something
off
here
I
did.
B
Yes,
which
school
are
you
one?
Oh
it
fling
yeah
and
they're,
I'm
just
trying
to
think
about
what's
happening
at
flynn,
because
I've
been
thinking
about
all
the
schools.
So
I
don't
know
the
exact
way
that
the
lineup
is
happening
in
flint,
but
at
all
schools
we're
bringing
students
in
at
multiple
entrances
and
we
are
asking
students
to
come
together
with
their
classroom
or
their
pod,
and
so
they
would.
What?
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What
what's
going
to
happen
is
students
will
come
they'll
line
up
with
their
pods
six
feet
apart
and
then
they'll
get
in
the
line.
They'll
come
through,
get
a
thermometer,
get
a
temperature
check,
go
back
in
line
and
then
the
whole
line
will
come
through
and
it
should
take
five
minutes
kind
of
start
to
finish.
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Yes,
we
will
have
after
school,
so
all
the
after-school
programs
will
also
will
still
run,
and
then
we
also
will
have
people
out
at
7
30.
So
we
will
have.
We
will
have
staff
outside
to
make
sure
that
students
are
staying
safe,
but
it
just
won't
be
everyone
out
it's
you
know.
Everyone
will
start
to
come
out
at
7,
45
the
whole
staff
to
get
ready
to
bring
students
in,
but
at
7
30
we
will
have
some
staff
out
in
the.
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So
she
said:
if,
if,
if
they
develop
a
fever,
and
then
you
have
to
call
the
the
family
and
her
husband
is
working
from
12-5
so
and
sometimes
he
does
not
answer
his
phone
and
she
does
not
drive.
So
in
this
case,
if
you
want
to
send
the
kids
home
because
they
are
sick,
you
know,
are
you
going
to
be
able
to
to
bring
it
because
she
doesn't?
She
does
not
drive
and
she
does
not
have
a
car
right.
How.
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So
a
combination
of
being
in
their
regular
class
and
and
maybe
getting
some
extra
support
outside
of
the
regular
class
that
schools
are,
are
planning
that
right
now.
But
what
we've?
What
we've
messaged
to
schools,
is
as
much
as
possible.
Students
who
are
four
days
a
week
will
be
in
will
stay
in
their
regular
class,
and
but
it
is
a
challenge.
It's
a
challenge
that
the
teachers
are
wrestling
with
right
now
and
trying
to
figure
out.
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That
they
would
be.
I
think
when,
when
I
heard
the
four
days
when
I
got
offered
for
my
child
four
days-
yes,
I
assumed
it
would
be
two
days
in
his
class
with
his
classmates
and
teachers,
and
the
other
two
days
would
be
with
somebody
like
miss
brown
and
the
support
teachers
in
a
different
classroom.
So
they're
not
learning
they're,
not
going
over
the
same
things
that
they.
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B
If
you're,
if
you're
remote,
so
if
you
go
to
school
on
a
day
and
not
on
b
day
yeah,
your
teacher
is
going
to
send
you
home
with
a
with
with
a
list,
with
assignments
with
work,
to
do
and
then
and
so
you'll
be
working
on
that
work.
That's
also
going
to
be
connected
to
what
they're
doing
in
the
classroom
so
that
this
in
those
two
days
a
day
and
b
day,
there
is
a.
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Yet
I
can
tell
everybody:
everyone
gets
a
chromebook
issued
by
the
school
district
or
an
ipad
issued
by
the
school
district.
Those
devices
are
set
up
with
what
your
children
need
for
remote
learning.
Yes,
they
also
have
a
safety
feature
so
that
if
the
students
decide
to
go,
look
at
something
on
youtube
in
the
middle
of
the
night.
Yes,.
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Question
is
you
know
due
to
the
corona
virus
right?
Yes,
there's
a
lot
of
racism
going
on
and
how
do
you?
How
are
you
guys
dealing
with
that
at
the
middle
school?
I
understand.
I
don't
know
too
much
about
the
elementary,
because
my
my
niece
is
not
going
there,
but
I
want
to
know
how
you
guys
are
handling
the
racism.
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Like
you
know
the
bullying,
like
anything
in
that
general
area,
I
want.
I
want
to
know
how
you
guys
handle
that
in
middle
school,
yeah,
hun
middle
school
and
how
you
guys
taking
the
steps,
because
I
don't
know
I
don't,
I
feel
very
uncomfortable
in
a
way
sending
my
niece
to
middle
school.
I
mean
I
went
there
too.
It
was
pretty
nice,
but
I
just
but
the
kids
can
be
very
mean
some
of
the
kids
and
they
don't
know
how
to
hold
back
what
they
say.
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And
then
we're
also
one
of
the
things
we
did
this
summer
is
with
our
all
of
our
principals
and
our
directors
so
miriam
and
me
and
all
of
the
directors
in
the
district.
We
met
right
here
and
we
had
a
two
days
of
facilitated
by
a
group,
that's
from
california,
on
race
and
equity,
and
how
to
lead
how
to
be
a
leader
and
with
with
the
priority
of
understanding,
anti-racist
practices
and
creating
equitable
schools.
B
And
then
the
last
thing
we're
doing
it's
not
any
any.
It's
not
only
two
or
three
things.
It
needs
to
be
the
way
we
operate,
but
the
other
thing
that
we're
doing
and
we're
really
focusing
on
this
year
again
is
restorative
practices,
so
that
actually
there
was
a
circle
out
here,
but
each
right
before
this
meeting,
so
that
each
school
team
has
a
restorative
practices
team
that
is
working
with
all
of
the
schools
to
re,
to
restore
relationships
when,
when
they're
damaged.
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You
know
the
things
that
you
teach,
the
kids
is:
are
there
some
that
are
going
to
change,
or
is
it
all
going
to
stay
the
same,
how
it
was
for
the
past,
whatever
10,
when
I
was
there
too,
I
like,
like
some
areas
where
it's
not
correct.
Like
I
don't
want
to
go,
I
don't
want
to
be
specific
about
it,
but
there's
some
areas
where
those
history
or
some
things
are
not
true.
So
I
don't
like.
Are
you
guys
going
to
be
still
teaching
the
false
information?
B
So
that's
definitely
a
commitment
that
we've
made
as
a
district
that
it
also
it
also
has
changed.
It's
changing
the
way
we
teach
in
some
ways.
So
that
is
a
commitment
we
made.
We
signed
on
with
the
mayor's
declaration
that
helped
the
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis,
and
one
of
those
one
of
the
commitments
we
made
was
to
create
culturally
responsive
teaching
practices,
which
is
gets
at
your
question
about
history.
G
And
sorry,
one
more
thing:
when
teachers,
when
kids
are
sent
to
the
detention
or
when
kids
are
sent
to
like
the
principals
and
one
like
other
guidance
counselors,
if
you
don't
feel
comfortable
talking,
do
you
guys
give
them
that
choice?
So
you
just
not
giving
that
don't,
say
anything
and
just
be
like
yeah.
This
is
what
we're
gonna
do
just
curious,
because
the
kids
I
just
wanna
and
the
kids
have
the
right
to.
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G
Comfortable-
and
you
know,
the
answer
is
because
I
feel
like
when
you
have
kids
and
you
send
them
to
a
you,
know,
guidance,
counselor
or
somebody
kind
of
comfortable.
They
still
feel
under
pressure
and
they
scared
the
digi.
Whatever
just
comes
out
just
comes
out
on
you.
I
just
want
to
know
how
you
guys
like
if
a
student
gets
in
trouble.
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B
Child
says
that
they
don't.
First
of
all,
we
want
kids
to
feel
safe
in
in
their
school
building
and
we
want
the
culture
to
be
restorative.
That's
the
whole
restorative
practice
thing.
If
a
relationship
breaks
down,
how
do
you
build
it
back,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
your
question
exactly
because
I
haven't
been
here
when
school
has
happened
yet,
but
my
expectation
is
that
students
have
a
safe,
an
adult
that
at
least
one
adult
in
every
building
for
every
kid
that
they
can
rely
on
and
make
and.
G
G
I
went
to
honolulu
school
and
I've
had
situations
when
I
was
doing
that
and
I
never
had
a
choice
of
talking
to
somebody
with
somebody
being
there
with
someone,
I'm
comfortable,
oh
and
just
a
straight
teacher,
because
I'm
because
I've
never
gotten
a
choice
in
one
middle
school
or
a
bhs.
But
then,
like
you
know
when
I,
this
is
just
off
topic
when
I'm,
when
I'm
when
I'm
when
I'm
at
work
right,
I
have
the
choice
of
to.
When
I
talk
to
hr
or
boss,
I
have
the
choice
of
top
having
somebody
there
as
proof.
G
So
I'm
just
I'm
just
wondering
like
just
I'm
not
trying
to
make
it
too
big
thing.
But
like
you
do,
do
you
tell
the
kids
that
dude
they
have
a
choice
or
do
you
just
be
like
it's
fun
they're
with
somebody
they're
with
bunch
of
teachers,
they're
safe?
We
trust
them.
Parents
trust
them,
and
that's
just
just
curious.
That's
my
question
yeah!
So
yes
or
no,
it's
like
you
know,
do
you
tell
them
or
do
not
tell
them?
Do
you
keep
yourself
like
what
is
that.
B
G
To
be
able
to
say
that
yeah,
because
that's
what
I've
always
liked,
I've
always
wanted
to
know
how
I
like
her,
because
it
always
seems
like
an
interrogation
to
me
like.
Why
are
you
like
interrogating
careful?
You
know
what
she
did.
It's
just
like
you
put
him
on
the
spot.
It
makes
him
feel
uncomfortable
and
wants.
Somebody
like
you
know,
mom
or
dad
come
by
right.
E
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G
Know,
like
I
don't
know
how
to
approach
like
you
know
the
students
and
how
you
should
be
like
telling
them,
but
I
feel
like
we
should
have
especially
kids
that
don't
understand
english
or
that
barely
understand
english
and
you
put
them
on
a
spot
like
that.
Yeah
like
you,
there
should
be
a
way
of
letting
other
parents
know
or
kids
like
like
hey.
If
you
don't
feel
comfortable,
you
can
always
call
your
mom
and
dad
or
call
somebody
you
feel
comfortable
with,
and
you
can
talk
to
them
with
the
teacher
yeah.
G
So
when
the
teacher,
when
you
come,
it's
not
like
her
story,
your
kid's
story
versus
the
teacher's
story
and
then
like
who
are
you
going
to
really
believe,
like
I've,
seen
a
lot
of
teachers
a
lot
of
great
ones,
a
lot
of
seen,
a
lot
of
shitty
ones,
no
disrespect,
but
I'm
just
saying
I've
seen
them
the
ones
that
do
great.
The
kids
are
learning
faster,
doing
great,
but
the
ones
that
don't
is
just
like,
because
they
don't
learn
because
some
of
the
teachers
did.
You
know.
B
G
Yeah
yeah,
I
just
I'm
just
curious
what
you
guys
like
if
you,
if
you
already
thought
of
that
or
because
you
said
you
have
you,
you
have
a
group
of
people
that
think
of
all
the
things
that
us
parents
us
like
you
know
our
family
members
are
worried
about.
So
I
was
just
thinking.
That's
one
of
the
things
that
you
put
into.
B
B
E
Yes,
she's
trying
to
say
that
this
is
the
first
thing
to
develop
this
good
relationship
between
the
student
and
the
teacher.
You
know
if
you
build
this
wall
between
the
student
and
the
teacher,
then
he's
not
going
to
be
listening.
He
doesn't
want
to
talk.
He
doesn't
want
to
open
his
heart,
you
know
in
in
our
country,
actually
the
ministry
of
education,
they
call
it
ministry
of
manners
and
education,
so
the
teachers
are
are
also
developing.
This,
you
know
curriculum
for
for
teaching
kids
manners,
but
here
is
only
education
and
it's
not.
E
E
We
cannot
talk
to
the
teacher
by
their
names,
so
she's
saying
that
we
are
missing
all
this
this
here,
that
the
kids,
when
they
come
to
school
or
what
they
are
teaching
them.
You
know,
if
somebody
hit
you
in
your
home,
call
9-1-1,
not
respect
your
parent,
then
you
don't
have
to
go
into
the
situation
or
call
it
9-1-1.
N
So
culturally,
we
like
we
respect
teachers
like
okay,
no
matter
what
the
teachers
do,
what
the
teacher
says.
Yes,
it's
okay,
so
I
had
a
situation
back
in
like
two
years
ago
at
bhs,
but
like
we
had
like
a
sub
teacher
and
then
we
there's
like
two
three
el
student
and
the
rest
were
like
american
students.
N
These
are
like
new
students
and
stuff
they're,
not
like
technically
new
but
like
with
the
teachers
and
the
sub
teachers.
So
sorry
was
there
and
then,
when
he
asked
the
el
student
to
bring
him
something,
I
think
was
something
from
his
office
or
his
water
or
something,
but
he
didn't
add
any
others
to
it,
and
this
one
was
like
the
second
time
he
didn't
notice
that
but
like
after
a
week
or
like
months
after
I
I
talked
to
him
about
it
and
he
was
like.
Oh,
I
didn't
notice
that
you
know
like.
N
B
L
N
N
E
E
Q
L
E
She
made
an
appointment
with
miss
maryam
the
director
failed
teachers
and
she
she
asked
her.
What
can
you
do
so?
Miss
miriam
told
her
that
she's
going
to
get
back
into
her
and
within
24
hours.
She
said
almost
one
week
now.
She
did
not
come
back
to
her
to
tell
her
what
she's
going
to
be
done
after
you
know
for
her
daughter
she
gave
she
asked
for
the
name
of
the
student
and
the
school
and
she
said
I'm
going
to
pull
the
principal
right
now.
You
know,
and
I'm
going
to
get
back
to
you.
F
F
B
E
E
E
B
A
E
E
A
L
E
B
E
B
E
I
B
State
don't
forget,
but
yeah
if
there's
a
positive
case,
the
student
well,
first
of
all,
if
a
student
has
symptoms
in
the
school
building,
then
the
student
would
go
to
a
room
that
we've
set
up.
Each
school
has
their
own
room
and
it
is
set
up
for
for
for
this,
and
then
the
student
goes
home
and
and
calls
the
doctor,
the
doctors
tells
them
what
to
do
and
then
they
get
tested.
If
it
gets
to
the
point
where
the
doctor
says.
L
I
I
B
The
school
closing
down
but
but,
like
I
said,
we're
gonna.
So
that
would
be
what
it
would
look
like,
but
the
department
of
health
would
take
the
lead
there
and
just
like
any
case
in
the
community,
they
would
work
on
the
contact,
tracing
and
they'd
work
closely
with
us
and
our
school
nurse
and
make
sure
that
we
were.
We
were
doing
that.
E
B
L
B
E
E
E
B
I
B
So
first
is
education
about
why
and
why
it's
important
and
how
it
protects
you,
but
it
also
protects
your
your
friends
right.
The
second
is
we
will
be
outside.
I
think
you
do
get
kind
of
fatigue
with
wearing
them,
so
we
can
use
outdoor
spaces
if
you're
six
feet
apart
or
further.
You
don't
have
to
have
your
mask
on,
so
we
can
get
outside
some
distance.
B
Take
off
our
masks
get
a
little
break
even
in
here
we
could
probably
be
without
masks
if
we
were
a
little
further
apart,
but
so
that
and
then-
and
so
it's
mask
breaks.
It's
also
just
getting
a
little
bit
of
stamina
with
wearing
masks
students
wore
them
in
summer
school
and
they
complained
about
them,
but
they
wore
them.
I.