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Description
Superintendent Tom Flanagan joins our Vietnamese and Karen-speaking families for a Town Hall focused on reopening Burlington schools this fall. Thank you Son Do and Poe Poh for providing translations and liaison services. Join the Journey!
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A
Very
excited
to
get
to
meet
you
and
to
be
able
to
explain
a
little
bit
about
what
the
reopening
of
school
will
look
like
and
to
be
able
to
take
your.
A
Hi,
my
name
is
tom
flanagan,
I'm
the
the
new
superintendent
here
and
I
started
in
july,
so
I
have
been
working
just
for
about
a
little
over
a
month
and
I'm
very
excited
to
be
here.
I
have
three
children,
two
at
flynn
and
one
at
hunt
middle
school
and
we're
excited
to
be.
C
D
I
know
a
lot
of
faces.
Welcome,
thank
you
for
being
here.
I
work
closely
with
sando
and
some
of
our
other.
C
G
A
A
We
will
also
talk
about
academics
and
then
we'll
talk
about
well
I'll.
Give
you
we'll
stop
in
the
middle
for
questions
and
answers
and
then
we'll
do
questions
and
answers
at
the
end,
too,.
A
So
first
I
wanted
you
to
know
that
there's
been
a
group
of
people
about
16
people
who
are
leading
a
task
force
in
in
burlington
public
schools
in
burlington
schools
to
get
ready
to
open
safely.
A
C
A
So
we
we
just
got
started,
and
so
you
didn't
miss
much
yet,
but
I
want
to
say:
welcome
to
everybody,
those
of
you
who
just.
B
A
H
A
And
as
we're
planning,
we
are
using
the
department
of
of
health
and
the
agency
of
education,
so
the
state
agencies
for
health
and
education
gave
us
guidance
that
we
have
to
follow.
C
A
A
H
C
A
C
C
A
H
A
H
C
H
H
H
A
A
H
H
A
And
there's
also
a
health.
There
are
a
series
of.
There
are
some
health
questions
that
we
ask
so
before
you
before
your
children
come
to
school.
We're
going
to
ask
you
to
ask
them
a
few
questions
and
then
they
come
to
school.
They
get
the
temperature
and
they
can
go
inside
this
okay
to
fifth
grade.
This
is
every
grade.
It's
going
to
do
the
health
screening
and
the
temperature
don't
kill
the
gonna
do
well.
E
A
H
H
A
H
C
A
H
A
And
we're
asking
everyone
to
ask
these
questions
at
home,
but
if
you
can't
we
will
we
will
help
you.
H
A
H
A
And
then,
if,
if
the
fever
continues,
the
fever
has
to
get
down
to
99.5
and
then
once
once,
there's
no
more
fever
after
24
hours.
Then
then
the
child
can.
C
A
H
A
And
if,
if
we
have
someone
who
does
have
a
positive
case,
then
we
will
work
with
the
state
department
of
health
and
they
will
assist
us
in
contact
tracing.
Anyone
who
was
close
to
the
person
who
had
who
was
positive
and
work
with
the
family
and
the
and
the
and
the
student
or
adult.
C
H
A
And
we're
working
with
them
to
take
the
bus
company
to
take
more
more
people,
but
in
the
meantime
we
are
asking
to
to
use
any
other
means
of
transportation.
If
you
can,
because
we're
worried
that
not
everyone
will
be
able
to
get
on
the
bus.
H
H
H
A
A
H
A
And
we'll
make
sure
that
we
continue
teaching
all
of
the
subjects
so
math
and
science
and
social
studies
and
art
and
make
sure
that
all
of
the
same
learning
continues
to
happen.
H
A
And
also
we're
going
to
continue
for
students
who
are
learning
english
to
focus
on
on
learning
english,
and
I
really
encourage
you
to
think
if
your
student
is
an
english
learner
to
choose
to
choose
those
four
days
so
that
that
you
get.
A
C
E
D
A
H
C
A
And
the
last
thing
is
that
the
numbers
in
vermont
are
very
low
in
terms
of
infection,
and
I
I'm
going
to
be
in
the
schools.
My
three
children
are
in
the
schools
and
I
feel
I
feel
comfortable
and
and
confident
that
we
are
ready
to
open
school
and
that
our
children
will
be
safe.
A
H
C
B
Yes,
I
want
to
know
like
two
days
my
child
on
my
children
in
school
in
the
three
are
at
home.
What.
A
So
the
teachers
are
going
to
send
students
home
with
work,
which
is
why
we
want
to
make
sure
we
have
one
day
and
then
go
home
for
a
couple
days
and
then
come
back.
So
teachers
will
will
give
the
assignment
a
lot
of
times.
It
will
be
on
google
docs,
so
they
can
send
an
assignment
through
through
the
computer,
but
students
will
also
have
books
and-
and
they
don't
have
to
be
on
the
computer
all
day.
A
H
A
I
know
for
me
last
spring:
it
was
helpful
to
have
a
schedule
for
my
for
my
daughters
to
say:
oh,
it's
8,
30.
time
to
start
reading,
it's
10
30
time
to
start
doing
math,
but
we
also
want
a
little
flexibility
so
that
if,
if
something
happens
and
you
need
to
take
your
child
somewhere,
you
can
do
that
too.
H
B
How
about
the
the
parent
want
to
talk
to
the
office?
The
people
are
in
the
office
is.
B
A
No,
we
we
can't
have
visitors
inside
of
the
school
because
of
the
rules
of
the
the
guidance
from
the
state
to
keep
everyone
in
the
school
safe.
So
it
has
to
be
a
phone
call
or,
and
and
so
we
can
work
with
with
you
all-
to
figure
out
how
to
do
that
best.
But
we're
not
allowed
to
have.
C
C
B
Is
because,
from
her
experience
when
is
school
stuck
because
that
her
children
didn't
receive
any
any
notice
when
it
goes
on.
A
School
starts
on
september
8th
and
at
eight
eight,
it's
it's
a
little
bit
after
eight
804
or
805
on
september,
8th.
H
A
And
if
you
want
information,
I
think
it's
probably
best
to
reach
out
to
your
liaison
right
so
to
help
with
connecting
with
the
school
to
get
the
information
you
need
because
we
have
set
that
out.
But
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
getting
it
too.
C
C
E
I
A
I
G
A
And
we
want
to
be
here
to
serve
you
where
our
job
is
to
serve
you
and
your
families.
So
I
want
you
to
let
us
know
if
you
have
questions
or
if
you
feel
like
you
have
you
have
something
that
you
haven't?
You
need
an
answer
to
or
something
doesn't
seem
right.
I
want
you
to
know
you
can
reach
out
to
your
liaison.
You
can
talk
to
me
through
your
liaison
with
your
liaison,
your
teacher,
your
principal,
but
miriam.
B
C
A
C
G
A
Water,
okay,
okay,
so
let
two
more
things.
The
first
is
that
I
we
are
gonna,
I'm
gonna
have
an
advisory
council
for
families
and
it
will
meet
once
a
month,
and
I
I
will
send
something
out,
but
I
encourage
you
to
to
come
out
to
help
me
understand
more
about
the
district
and
and
what
we
need
to
do
to.
C
H
A
C
I
I
recognize
many
of
your
faces
even
with
the
mask.
I
recognize
you
from
coming
to
some
meetings
we
had
last
year,
I'm
so
grateful
to
know
how
much
you
care
about
your
children's
education
and
I'm
so
happy
to
see
you
again.
Thank
you.
I
To
make
a
promise
to
you,
which
is
that
our
department,
not
just
me
but
some
of
the
staff
who
are
here
and
many
other
teachers,
mr
sun,
miss
fopo
and
lots
of
other
people
are
here
to
support
your
children,
learning
english
learning,
academics
and
finding
friendship
and
happiness
and
comfort
in
our
schools.
All
three
of
those
things
are
important
to
us:
english,
all
their
content,
learning,
science,
math
social
studies
and
also
being
comfortable
and
happy
in
the
world
enviro
around
them
and
in
school
and
outside
of
school.
C
I
Yeah
we
have
a,
we
have
a
wonderful
staff
of
teachers,
multilingual
liaisons
and
others.
Some
of
them
are
here
today,
niaza,
say
hello,
sydney,
say
hello,
rebecca
thomas
back.
There
say
hello
and
I'll,
just
echo
what
the
superintendent
said.
If
you
have
questions
about
anything,
please
reach
out
through
mr
sun
or
through
po
to
the
superintendent
to
me,
they
know
how
to
find
us,
and
we
are
here
to
help
you
and
help
your
children.
Thank
you
again
for
being
here.