Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale announced Monday that it will cancel in-person classes Tuesday after a handful of students came down sick with possible COVID-19 symptoms on Monday.
During call with Colorado Sen. Bennet, officials talk about struggles with workforce
Rick Carroll, Aspen Times
Western Slope leaders from mountain and ski towns met virtually on Friday with Sen. Michael Bennet, a day after President Trump issued a proclamation extending the visa restrictions on those including J-1 and H-2B workers. (Chris Dillmann, cdillmann@vaildaily.com)
Leaders from mountain and ski towns on the Western Slope told Sen. Michael Bennet on Friday the Trump administration’s extended ban on visas for immigrant employees through the end of March will only exacerbate the pandemic-spurred worker shortage.
“I want to put an exclamation point on getting (rid of) the executive order that prohibits international workers using work visas,” said Melanie Mills, executive director of Colorado Ski Country, which is the marketing arm for a contingent of ski-area operators in the state, including Aspen Skiing Co. “We need to get that withdrawn as soon as possible in the
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It was a team effort to keep schools in the Roaring Fork District open for in-person instruction this year.
Terri Hailey, a student health aid at Sopris Elementary school in her 12th year, said everyone has done their part teachers, faculty, students and parents included and it often required completing tasks that weren’t necessarily in one’s job description.
“The way everyone has come together and made this work no matter what their role is in the school, for instance our principal emptying the trash or having her direct traffic,” Hailey said.
Yvette Blanc, nurse for the Roaring Fork School District, is in charge of training health aids in the district and coordinating with the public health department to establish regulations that will keep schools’ doors open and those who enter healthy to the best of their abilities.
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A student at Aspen High School learning in a socially-distanced classroom. “I feel the worst for these kids and the stuff that they’re not getting to do. I think our kids are the real heroes of this thing,” said district superintendent, Dave Baugh. Kim Zimmer / Aspen School District
For many of us, the ongoing pandemic has impacted our mental health in surprising ways, and this includes young people.
In the latest conversation from our “High Risk At High Altitude series, Aspen Public Radio talked with local behavioral intervention specialist Sonja Linman about what she’s learned from her work with local kids and their families.