{"content":[{"text":"2 December 2020","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.194023,"width":0.131921,"height":0.019772999999999985}},{"text":"Dear Parents, Guardians & Community members,","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.235689,"width":0.376353,"height":0.019773000000000013}},{"text":"I hope you had a safe and relaxing holiday. This week’s community letter is a plea to the community \n to stay vigilant and to follow all of the executive orders, guidance, and guidelines that are in \n e�ect in Vermont . Active cases of COVID-19 are at the highest points they have been in the state. \n Based on the latest information provided on December 1, 2020 by the Vermont Department of \n Health , Grand Isle County is one of the safest places in Vermont with only �ve (5) con�rmed cases of \n COVID-19 in the entire county in the last 14 days. A result of this relatively low rate of infection has \n allowed us to safely create more opportunities for students to participate in in-person learning. As the \n number of positive cases spikes in other counties, school districts are having to consider potentially \n reducing in-person opportunities for students (this is recent communication from Franklin Northeast \n Superintendent Lynn Cota to the communities in FNESU ). Your help now is critical.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.26978,"width":0.7578050000000001,"height":0.18170499999999995}},{"text":"On November 20, Governor Scott’s Executive Order suspended multi-household social gatherings. \n The Order prohibits multiple households from participating in the same social gatherings, including \n group trips, gatherings, related ceremonies, holiday events, parties, celebrations, and sharing \n accommodations with anyone outside of your household. At a recent press conference, Governor Scott \n shared that 71% of positive COVID-19 cases in Vermont were connected to social gatherings.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.462962,"width":0.7619800000000001,"height":0.09174300000000002}},{"text":"On November 23, the Vermont Secretary of Education, Dan French, issued guidance to schools \n related to the Governor’s Executive Order and multi-household gatherings . On November 24, and \n again on November 27, Governor Scott spoke to the impact multi-household gatherings could have on \n students and sta� being able to remain in-person in our schools.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.566182,"width":0.760823,"height":0.0737500000000001}},{"text":"As you know, GISU has strived to be a safe and healthy learning environment for all students, faculty \n and sta�. The suspension of multi-household social gatherings acts as an extension of the state’s travel \n guidance and in turn, the Governor has asked families to quarantine if they attend or host a \n multi-household gathering. The guidance issued by the Agency of Education allows, but does not \n require, schools to include questions about multi-household gatherings on their health screening; and \n subsequently exclude children from school if they have participated in multi-household activities until \n they have completed the required quarantine.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.651409,"width":0.756882,"height":0.12772800000000006}},{"text":"By sending your student to school you are verifying that you are in compliance with the Governor’s \n order. Due to the many variable scenarios that a household may have, at this time we will not be asking \n our students and sta� this question as part of the daily health screening. We do, however, expect \n families to do the right thing and monitor their own activities related to multi-household gatherings","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.790614,"width":0.7577829999999999,"height":0.07374999999999998}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.120098,"top":0.068182,"width":0.764706,"height":0.121212}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.120098,"top":0.068182,"width":0.764706,"height":0.121212}]}