Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union has been notified of a positive test of COVID-19 within the Bennington Elementary School learning community, the SVSU announced Friday. The building will remain open for in-person learning, according to Superintendent James Culkeen. âIn keeping with Vermont Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, our teams took immediate steps to isolate the situation. We are working closely with local and state officials to ensure our community remains safe and healthy,â Culkeen said in a statement. He said that after consulting with the Vermont Department of Health, all close contacts were determined and notified. Trained maintenance staff have sanitized all surfaces in the affected spaces, and those affected have been contacted, he said.