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Dover, Wardsboro to continue in-person classes

DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. Closure of the schools following the Thanksgiving break was discussed again, although no changes were made to the current schedule. This comes following the exposure of a Dover School...

Virtual students head back to classrooms

DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. The board reviewed the district’s first-quarter spending and voted in favor of purchasing a car for its lunch program. Additionally, the board heard updates about HVAC work at the Dover...

River Valleys board meeting

Encouraging air quality news for Wardsboro school

DOVER - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District board, the board got encouraging news about air quality testing at Wardsboro Elementary. In other matters, principals Matt Martyn and Tammy Bates said the schools’ students and staffs are getting into the swing of the...

This sign greeted students at Twin Valley Elementary School on Tuesday. School openings around the valley went smoothly, according to most reporters.

Schools get off to a good start

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Wardsboro Elementary Principal Tammy Bates and Dover School Principal Matt Martyn both said the first day of school, which was Tuesday, went smoothly, despite new safety protocols in place due to COVID-19.
“It generally went very well,” says Martyn. “There were many...

River Valleys bus to BUHS won't run due to low ridership

DOVER - Due to projected low ridership, the River Valleys Unified Union School District will not be operating its bus to Brattleboro Area Middle School and Brattleboro Union High School this year.
The bus was originally approved by voters at Dover’s Town Meeting in 2018 at a cost of $25,...

River Valleys board meetings to stay remote

DOVER - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, a motion introduced by board member Laura Sibilia to move the board’s meetings to in-person was defeated. Board members who voted against the motion expressed concern that other public bodies that have...

In emergency meeting, board buys air purifiers for classrooms

WARDSBORO - At an emergency meeting held on Zoom Friday morning, the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board voted to expend $14,700 on air purifiers for each classroom in the district’s two schools, Wardsboro Elementary and the Dover School. The expenditure comes after lengthy...

Wardsboro, Dover to offer in-person and home study in fall

DEERFIELD VALLEY - This week, the River Valleys Unified Union School District, comprising Dover and Wardsboro, released its school reopening plans for fall. Both schools will offer in-person instruction four days per week, with Wednesdays a home day for all. A “school-supported home study” option...

A screen shot of Zoom participants at Tuesday’s Wardsboro Library meeting. LH

Library staff resigns over reopening plans; silence about specifics

WARDSBORO - This week, it was announced that the entire staff at the Wardsboro Library had resigned over disagreements about the library’s trustees’ wishes to open the library to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, the. trustees held a “circumstantial emergency meeting” to discuss...

Board member asks for foreign language instruction across district

DOVER - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, the board discussed how its schools are providing equitable opportunity to all of its students. During the discussion, which happened at the request of board member Laura Sibilia, principals Matt Martyn and...