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How Vermont schools are handling the omicron surge amid changes to testing, tracing guidelines

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Vermont schools have struggled as the omicron variant of COVID-19 surges in the state. This hour, we hear how schools are dealing with the challenges, and planning for changes to how schools test for the virus and trace cases.

Live call-in discussion: The omicron variant of COVID-19 spread rapidly through Vermont last week, stressing students, teachers and staff returning to school. Now the Agency of Education’s announcement on Friday that schools should stop contact tracing and PCR surveillance testing has sent a shock wave through school communities across Vermont. This hour, an education reporter details the challenges schools are facing, and two superintendents discuss how unprecedented COVID case numbers are affecting their districts.

Our guests are:

Broadcast live on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Connor Cyrus was co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition from 2021-2023.
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.