Vermont teachers bear responsibility to talk with students about the events at the Capitol April Barton, Burlington Free Press
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Vermont teachers are feeling the weight of responsibility to help students understand the context of the events at the U.S. Capitol this week and talk through what happened.
As rioters breeched security, stormed into the country s seat of government Wednesday, vandalized windows and offices and took actions that eventually led to the deaths of five people in an effort to upset the counting of the electoral college votes that would bring an end to the presidency of Donald Trump, civics teachers watched closely and began altering their lesson plans.
In the latest town-by-town count of COVID-19 cases reported by the Vermont Health Department, Essex saw 28 new cases get added in the week of Dec. 10-16.
Essex moved out of the top three in Chittenden County for overall cases as Winooski saw a whopping 91 new ones get reported, just one less than Burlington, to jump ahead of both Essex and Colchester.
With eight-less overall cases than Colchester, Essex accounts for about 11.5 percent of Chittenden Countyâs total. That is slightly down from what was reported the week before.
With the large bump in Winooski, Essex now has the fifth-most cases overall in the state with 239 being confirmed since March.
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